Incident date: 2023-08-01
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was helping to download shaped charges. During the process, a charge exploded directly over the employee's left hand. The employee suffered lacerations and burns to his left hand. He was hospitalized, and his left little finger was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Demolition or blasting explosion
code_source: title: Explosives, blasting agents, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high