# Fractures and burns at Energy Transfer Partners
> OSHA SIR `2016042973` · 4/8/2016 · KINGSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Pots, pans, trays
- **Secondary source:** Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Energy Transfer Partners
- **Location:** 14 miles west of Kingsville, KINGSVILLE, TEXAS, 78364
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adding hydrogen peroxide to a chemical pot that exploded. The employee suffered two fractured left-hand fingers and chemical burns.

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