Incident date: 2018-12-03
NAICS industry code: 336390

On December 3, 2018, two employees were making tablets of an automotive airbag propellant (MA3-71) on the rotary press. The employees were remotely operating the press from the hallway and observing the operation through a window. An explosion in the press occurred and a piece of metal shrapnel penetrated the glass window and lacerated one of the employee's shoulders. The injured employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate