Incident date: 2017-08-16
NAICS industry code: 922120

An employee was inventorying diversionary flash-bang devices when a device fell from its protective cover. The pin also fell out, causing the device to detonate. The employee's left hand suffered soft tissue lacerations that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Explosive devices
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate