# Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture at Mississippi Tank and Manufacturing Company
> OSHA SIR `2025010491` · 1/15/2025 · HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Propane tanks and cylinders
- **Secondary source:** Propane
## Employer
- **Name:** Mississippi Tank and Manufacturing Company
- **Location:** 3000 WEST 7TH STREET, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39401
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a valve guard from an empty 5,000-gallon propane tank that had been cleaned and washed with water. Propane ignited, causing an explosion. The employee suffered a broken shoulder and a brain bleed.

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