Incident date: 2016-09-15
NAICS industry code: 332993

An employee was setting up the electronic fuse on a non-lethal sting ball grenade. An electronic fuse is placed in the grenade and electrical wires are set up on the electronic fuse. The grenade went off as it was being set up for the test. The employee suffered multiple broken bones in his left hand, a laceration to the left hand, and multiple contusions to his stomach and chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Law enforcement and self-defense equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate