# Multiple types of open wounds at L-3 Fuzing & Ordnance Systems
> OSHA SIR `20161110431` · 11/4/2016 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*