Fractures

Name: Fractures at Kyoei Steel Group
Start: 7/11/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023076168 · 7/11/2023 · Kyoei Steel Group

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Furnaces, heaters

Employer

Name: Kyoei Steel Group
Location: 8001 Border Steel Road., VINTON, TEXAS, 79821
NAICS: 331110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an oxygen lance to add oxygen to a furnace to increase the temperature. An explosion occurred, causing shrapnel to strike the employee in the right collar bone, resulting in a fracture and open wound. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown