Incident date: 2022-11-07
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was pressing pyrotechnic composition into pellets using a pressure tablet press. Upon pouring the composition into the small hopper, the composition ignited and produced a flash fire. The employee sustained bilateral burns to the hands and face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Small-scale (limited) fire
code_source: title: Pyrotechnics, fireworks
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate