Incident date: 2022-04-06
NAICS industry code: 325920

On April 6, 2022, around 12:30 p.m., an employee in the Energetics Loading Room was loading a Division 1.3 explosive blend, TBK Initiation Powder, in to a BBU-48 Dual Impulse Cartridge. During the clearing of the funnel that is used to load the explosive blend into the cartridge, a glancing blow between the handheld tool and funnel caused a deflagration event to occur and the employee suffered second and third degree burns to the hands and arms. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Explosives, blasting agents, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate