# Cuts, lacerations at Leth Metal Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2022010297` · 1/11/2022 · SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Broken glass, glass chips, or fibers
- **Secondary source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Leth Metal Recycling
- **Location:** 730 South Holmes Boulevard, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 32084
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 11, 2021, an employee was cutting steel with a shear when he grabbed a tank with the shear to see if there was a hole in the tank. The shear tooth pierced an air tank and a powder-like substance started coming out of the tank. The employee went to rotate the cab of the shear to move the tank when it ignited. The percussion broke the front glass out of the shear, sending pieces of glass at his face, stomach, and legs, resulting in lacerations.

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