Incident date: 2022-04-26
NAICS industry code: 562112

An employee was cutting a piece of aluminum using a torch. Unexploded ammunition inside the piece exploded, creating shrapnel that struck the employee. The employee suffered a chest contusion and a laceration up the left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Demolition or blasting explosion
code_source: title: Ammunition
code_nature: title: Cuts and abrasions or bruises
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate