Explosion, n.e.c. · Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Responder Training Services, Fort Hood, FORT HOOD, TEXAS 76544
on — Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
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Final narrative
An artillery simulator blew up in an employee's face while the employee was conducting a platoon movement exercise. The employee was hospitalized with scars and blurred vision.
An employee was sitting in the cab of the truck while waste oxidizer was being offloaded. The waste reacted with the receiving tank and an explosion occurred in the tank. Fire traveled through the hose to the tanker truck, causing it to explode. The employee jumped from the burning truck and was hospitalized with burns to his face, chest, and arms.
An employee was installing piping and valves for fire protection systems in the vicinity of an electrical meter outside of a new warehouse. The meter exploded, causing burns to the employee's face and arms.
An employee was pouring molten aluminum into a drain pot. The aluminum touched moisture at the bottom of the drain pot and an explosion occurred. The employee sustained burns to their face, hands, and legs.
An employee was operating an oxygen-deficient oven that required manual ignition to make charcoal from wood. As the oven was opened, oxygen was introduced to the environment, resulting in an explosion. The employee sustained head trauma as well as fractures to the arms and legs.
An employee was setting up the electrical parts for a fireworks display. They were inserting an e-match when it generated friction with something else. A 3-inch firework shell ignited, injuring the employee's hand and head.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 611699)
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An employee was attempting to restrain a resident when their feet got tangled and both fell to the floor. The resident fell on top of the employee who struck a corner of the wall and then the floor, resulting in a broken right hip.
An employee was descending stairs when they lost balance and fell down 3-4 steps to the second floor landing. The employee was hospitalized with two broken ribs and a concussion.
An employee was assisting a client with walking when they tripped over a kitchen rug and fell. The employee sustained a nose laceration and a swollen eye. The employee then lost consciousness and had seizures, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was stepping from a gravel parking lot onto a cement-paved sidewalk. She tripped and fell, suffering a concussion, a broken nose, and injured vertebrae. She was hospitalized.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.