# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Kayoi Steel Group America
> OSHA SIR `2020032116` · 3/4/2020 · VINTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Kayoi Steel Group America
- **Location:** 8001 Border Steel, VINTON, TEXAS, 79821
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After recharging the furnace, there was an explosion inside the furnace. An employee was hit by a hot piece of scrap metal that flew out of the furnace while he was using the lance. The scrap metal struck the employee in the left shoulder near the arm pit.

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