Incident date: 2022-07-03
NAICS industry code: 713990

A fireworks technician was setting up a fireworks display and connecting the electrical ignitor into the shunted module. While unraveling the ignitor, it discharged a 3-inch finale chain (10 shells). The first shell struck the technician's rib cage and arm. The technician was hospitalized with burns to the ribcage and a laceration to the right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pyrotechnics, fireworks
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate