Incident date: 2023-04-29
NAICS industry code: 713990

The injured employee was bracing a lever-action rifle on a counter top in a range booth while employee 2 was working to dislodge a cartridge that was stuck in the rifle chamber. While employee 2 was using a hammer to tap the round out, the primer ignited and the round detonated. A fragment from the brass shell casing struck the injured employee near their left eye socket and penetrated their left eye. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Ammunition
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate