Incident date: 2023-07-02
NAICS industry code: 713990

An employee was cleaning up after a firework display and discovered an unexploded pyrotechnic device. The employee went to remove the black powder charge from the tube when it exploded, resulting in first-and second-degree burns to their left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Pyrotechnics, fireworks
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate