# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at Range Environmental Resources
> OSHA SIR `2023098244` · 9/7/2023 · HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Range Environmental Resources
- **Location:** 117 State Route 35, HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25526
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an oxygen-deficient oven that required manual ignition to make charcoal from wood. As the oven was opened, oxygen was introduced to the environment, resulting in an explosion. The employee sustained head trauma as well as fractures to the arms and legs.

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