# Fractures and burns at Zandstra Construction
> OSHA SIR `2022032389` · 3/16/2022 · RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
- **Secondary source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Zandstra Construction
- **Location:** 255 Anderson Road, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57701
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to do excavation work to remove a buried gas tank. He used a cutoff saw to cut off a vent pipe to the tank. Sparks from the saw ignited gasoline vapor causing an explosion. The employee suffered burns and broken ribs and was hospitalized.

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