# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at DeWeese Sand & Gravel Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021103` · 2/5/2016 · EDGAR, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DeWeese Sand & Gravel Inc.
- **Location:** 1882 Road 303, EDGAR, NEBRASKA, 68935
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee removed the fuel tank from truck, set it on the ground and then began pressurizing the tank to located an air leak.  A portion of the tank exploded from being over-pressurized. The employee sustained facial injuries and damage to the left arm.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*