Incident date: 2016-01-11
NAICS industry code: 562211

On 1-11-16, at around 11:47 a.m. CST, an employee was investigating a robotic system that had shut down in a safety cell due to an error.  An explosive device fell from the machine to the floor and detonated while he was exiting the cell. He was thrown against a door frame, breaking his arm and suffering whole-body blunt force trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Explosive devices
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate