Incident date: 2015-05-26
NAICS industry code: 237310

A four inch diameter drill casing used to load shot when blasting for bridge footings approximately 100 feet deep exploded.  The employee was in a designated area assigned for loading the shot.  The shot was complete and clean-up was being performed.  Once the shot has been ignited in the casing, the casings are retrieved and placed into a scrap trailer.  An employee was attempting to cut the casing with a cutting torch to fit into the scrap trailer when the casing exploded. The employee's face and arms were cut requiring stitches.  He also has ringing in his left ear.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate