# Fractures at Dohrn Transfer Company
> OSHA SIR `2017054696` · 5/24/2017 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Dohrn Transfer Company
- **Location:** 8000 Hall St. #B, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63147
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Waiting for his truck tire to be repaired when the vendor's air compressor exploded, causing truck damage and shrapnel to strike the employee. He suffered cracked vertebrae and lacerations that required hospitalization.

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