Incident date: 2024-11-25
NAICS industry code: 325920

An employee was preparing pyrotechnic materials utilizing screen/sieve equipment that is operated in a unoccupied bay that is interlocked. After sieving/screening was completed, the employee entered the bay to manually transfer the pyrotechnic material and noticed materials were stuck to the sieve/screen. The materials detonated during the transfer. The employee sustained first-degree burns to the face and third-degree burns to the hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Intentionally set explosion
code_source: title: Explosives  unspecified
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate