Incident date: 2016-11-04
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was performing a test on a device when the Teflon wires of the unit became charged. The device exploded in the employee's hands, causing small cuts and puncture wounds to both hands from small metal pieces.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Machine, tool, and electric parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Multiple types of open wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate