# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Phoenix Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021053704` · 5/5/2021 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Ingestion of harmful substance
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
## Employer
- **Name:** Phoenix Services, LLC
- **Location:** 5929 E. State Highway 18, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 333519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 4:45 p.m. on May 5, 2021, an employee was cutting up steel scrap with an oxygen lance rod. A piece of hot slag went under his face shield, bounced off his chest, entered his mouth, and was swallowed. He was hospitalized.

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