# Burns and other injuries, n.e.c. at Refinery Specialist Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032813` · 3/22/2018 · CUERO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Refinery Specialist Inc.
- **Location:** 882 U.S Highway 183 South, CUERO, TEXAS, 77954
- **NAICS:** 424690
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was preparing samples for testing and was processing nitric acid and oil and gas samples in a glass container when the glass container exploded resulting in burns and puncture wounds to the employee's hands and arms.

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