# Burns and smoke inhalation at Link Feed Ingredients & Mineral
> OSHA SIR `2023087302` · 8/10/2023 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Burns and smoke inhalation
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Rail vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Link Feed Ingredients & Mineral
- **Location:** 3550 FM 28 56, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 112112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a railcar. As he was venting the railcar by loosening the manway bolts, a fireball was created that engulfed the employee and burned his face, torso, arms, and legs above the knee. The employee also sustained lung damage from smoke inhalation.

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