# Fractures at MELTON TRUCK LINES INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171110927` · 11/14/2017 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Cheek(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Container caps, lids, covers
- **Secondary source:** Flammable gas, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MELTON TRUCK LINES INC.
- **Location:** 808 NORTH 161ST EAST AVENUE, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74116
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting an empty 55-gallon barrel with a blowtorch when vapor inside the drum ignited and the lid hit the employee's face, lacerating it and breaking the cheekbone.

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