# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Dauterive Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2022065487` · 6/23/2022 · NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Containers, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Dauterive Contractors
- **Location:** 4700 Old Jeanerette Road, NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, 70563
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a fuel tank with a plasma welder when an explosion occurred, resulting in cuts and fractures to the face and head and a concussion.

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