# Fractures and burns at Irsik & Doll Sunbelt Feed Yard
> OSHA SIR `2023043767` · 4/27/2023 · HUGOTON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Irsik & Doll Sunbelt Feed Yard
- **Location:** 1551 Road U, HUGOTON, KANSAS, 67951
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were participating in a training in the main control room and were tasked with turning on an electric motor that was located in the adjacent steam flake room. The pull switch was engaged and a soft start initialized but failed. An employee pushed the reset button and performed the start sequence again. When the machine spooled up to full speed, a flame shot out of the electric cabinet and an explosion blew the concrete roof off the building. Employee 1 went for the north door and became trapped under an electrical cabinet that fell over. Employee 2 exited through the south door. One employee sustained a fracture. Both employees sustained burns and were hospitalized.

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