Incident date: 2018-04-16
NAICS industry code: 332992

An employee was using needle nose pliers to remove a rifle cartridge from an adhesive pot filled with hot glue when the heat from the glue ignited the propellant powder in the rifle cartridge and caused it to burst open. Hot glue then splashed onto the employee's left arm and left hand, causing burns that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ammunition
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate