# Concussions at Exide Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2019044015` · 4/19/2019 · SALINA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Exide Technologies
- **Location:** 413 E Berg Road, SALINA, KANSAS, 67401
- **NAICS:** 335911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand torch while a second employee was cleaning the floor 2 to 3 feet in front of the hand torch. While the second employee was standing in front of the wall-mounted hand torch array, an internal explosion dislodged the cover, which then struck her in the back of the head. She was hospitalized with a concussion and laceration to the back of the skull.

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