# Fractures at Kyoei Steel Group
> OSHA SIR `2023076168` · 7/11/2023 · VINTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Kyoei Steel Group
- **Location:** 8001 Border Steel Road., VINTON, TEXAS, 79821
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an oxygen lance to add oxygen to a furnace to increase the temperature. An explosion occurred, causing shrapnel to strike the employee in the right collar bone, resulting in a fracture and open wound. The employee was hospitalized.

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