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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2020065466 · 6/11/2020 · Entech Engineering Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Forearm(s)
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Explosion, unspecified
Source
Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Entech Engineering Inc.
Location
Hwy 146 near Hwy 3, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, 77590
NAICS
541330
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was conducting an emissions test of a nitrogen vaporizer unit inside an instrument test trailer when a pipe explosion occurred outside. Pieces of the steel pipe scattered in all directions, including toward the trailer. As a result, the employee suffered a fractured right radius bone, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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