Multiple types of open wounds

Name: Multiple types of open wounds at L-3 Fuzing & Ordnance Systems
Start: 11/4/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161110431 · 11/4/2016 · L-3 Fuzing & Ordnance Systems

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Multiple types of open wounds

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Machine, tool, and electric parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: L-3 Fuzing & Ordnance Systems
Location: 3975 McMann Rd, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45245
NAICS: 453998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

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.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown