# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at MDO Welding & Fabrication, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024065469` · 6/19/2024 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** MDO Welding & Fabrication, Inc
- **Location:** 1120 Atlantic Drive, West Chicago, Illinois, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A section of stainless steel pipe was forged closed on both ends and later placed back into the forge. The injured employee was hammering material at the anvil with his back turned to the forge when the closed stainless steel pipe ruptured, propelling itself from the forge and puncturing the employee's lower back. The employee also sustained a fractured tailbone.

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