OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300875
ATTCO INC
KAHUKU, HI·
Event description
Employee's hand amputated in fireworks explosion
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning a 6 in. diameter mortar tube for fireworks. He assumed the mortar was empty but it contained a live charge, which went off. Employee #1 's left hand and part of his forearm were amputated in the explosion. He was hos pitalized with a fractured left upper arm, a lacerated left eye, and first- and second-degree burns to his face.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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