CLEAR LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA·
AMTEC Corporation
Intentionally set explosion · Thermal burns third degree or higher
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at AMTEC Corporation, 47600 180th Street, CLEAR LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA 57226 on , Thermal burns third degree or higher, affecting the hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was preparing pyrotechnic materials utilizing screen/sieve equipment that is operated in a unoccupied bay that is interlocked. After sieving/screening was completed, the employee entered the bay to manually transfer the pyrotechnic material and noticed materials were stuck to the sieve/screen. The materials detonated during the transfer. The employee sustained first-degree burns to the face and third-degree burns to the hands.
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