# Cuts, lacerations at National Security Agency
> OSHA SIR `2018043719` · 4/18/2018 · FORT GEORGE G MEADE, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Explosive devices
## Employer
- **Name:** National Security Agency
- **Location:** 9800 Savage Road, FORT GEORGE G MEADE, MARYLAND, 20755
- **NAICS:** 922120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An officer was participating in training when a flash-bang grenade exploded in or around his hand lacerating it.

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