# Fractures at Virginia International Gateway
> OSHA SIR `2021098087` · 9/20/2021 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Virginia International Gateway
- **Location:** 1000 Virginia International Gateway Boulevard, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23703
- **NAICS:** 483111
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was filling up the air reservoir tank on a brake bleeder kit. The tank ruptured and separated at the seam, and the employee suffered severe lacerations and fractures to the right hand.

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