Incident date: 2021-06-26
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was separating copper on a conveyor. An old-style automobile air bag was on the conveyor and exploded before reaching the employee, who was struck by materials from the bag and suffered 6-inch lacerations a broken left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate