Incident date: 2017-01-25
NAICS industry code: 332992

An employee was working at the centerfire priming area removing or cleaning excess primers out of the primer bowl when the primers exploded and the employee suffered multiple injuries including first degree burns and abrasions to the forearms, chest, and face. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Explosives, blasting agents, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: First degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate