# Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries at Lawrence Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025065516` · 6/10/2025 · HASTINGS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
- **Nature of injury:** Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Forging machinery
- **Secondary source:** Gases  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lawrence Industries Inc
- **Location:** 2720 S Cornhusker Ave, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, 68901
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lighting a pilot light that burns off residual oxygen in the purge chamber of a heat-treating furnace. Residual gas and built-up oxygen in the purge chamber caused an explosion, which blew the front of the furnace's door off its track and the hood/exhaust system off its rivets. The employee was knocked down and suffered burns and lacerations to the left side of his face.

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