# Fractures at H B Fuller Company
> OSHA SIR `2016021238` · 2/9/2016 · BLUE ASH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** H B Fuller Company
- **Location:** 4450 Malsbary Road, BLUE ASH, OHIO, 45242
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the reactor when a chemical reaction in a tank caused a metal pump housing to burst. The employee's right leg was fractured below the knee.

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