# Fractures at Airgas USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020076954` · 7/23/2020 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Airgas USA LLC
- **Location:** 1405 West Walnut Street, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65806
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling a cylinder with a mixture of CO2 and argon gas. The cylinder ruptured and the bottom of the cylinder fractured the employee's left leg.

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