Incident date: 2020-10-30
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was holding a pole with an explosive charge on the end of it, which was being used to de-slag a boiler. The explosive charge ignited and caused lacerations to the employee's left hand which resulted in amputation of the hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Demolition or blasting explosion
code_source: title: Explosives, blasting agents, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: high