# Fractures and burns at J Lee Milligan Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025054203` · 5/5/2025 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion  unspecified
- **Source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
## Employer
- **Name:** J Lee Milligan Inc
- **Location:** 9200 Triangle Drive, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79108
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were conducting maintenance on the clogged vent pipe of an asphalt distributor truck. The employees went to unclog the tank using a propane torch and a piece of steel rebar. They heated the tip of the rebar with the torch and put it inside the tank. An explosion and a fire occurred. Two employees were injured; one employee was hospitalized with fractured bones and first- and second-degree burns.

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