# Fractures at Titan Machinery
> OSHA SIR `2021098115` · 9/21/2021 · WINDSOR, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Titan Machinery
- **Location:** 7250 Greenridge Road, WINDSOR, COLORADO, 80550
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/21/2021, at 2:15 PM, an employee was using a cutting torch to remove the top of an empty drum that contained hydraulic fluid. Vapors in the drum expanded causing the top of the drum to blow off and strike the employee's left arm and right hand. The employee sustained a fracture to the left arm and required stitches on the right hand.

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