OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549042
FRACTURE,FINGER,EXPLOSION,NECK,ARM,POWDER,FACE,LEG
Event description
FLASH POWDER EXPLODED, INJURING EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 3, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:45 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A MORTAR AND PESTLE TO REDUCE CAKES OF FLASH POWDER TO A FINE POWDER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS POUNDI NG A CAKE WHEN THE IT EXPLODED AND SET OFF THE REST OF THE POWDER. THE EXPLOSION FRAGMENTED THE MORTAR, PESTLE, AND POWDER CANTAINER. SMALL PIECES OF GLASS BECA ME EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE #1'S FACE, NECK, AND ARMS; LARGER GLASS AND CERAMIC OBJE CTS BECAME EMBEDDED IN HER LEGS. SHE ALSO SUFFERED A BROKEN RING FINGER. SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 F
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 20
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 2
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