Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-06-19 | Elgin | Illinois | Quantum Plastics, LLC | Upper arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was attempting to remove a jammed round from an ammunition reloading mechanism he brought from home when the round discharged. Part of the ammunition casing struck his upper arm. The injury required surgical removal of the casing shrapnel from his upper arm. | |||||
2017-05-02 | Fort Irwin | California | Ahtna, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fire or explosion |
An employee was loading ammunition rounds onto a tank when a round ignited and burned the employee's forearm, hand, and abdomen. | |||||
2016-05-17 | Findlay | Ohio | Buffalo Cartridge Company, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
Employees are exposed to a caught by hazard from an unguarded ammunition loading machine, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
2015-06-10 | Irvine | California | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
On June 10, 2015, an employee was operating a UTV on the range when the UTV hit a patch of soft sand and flipped. The employee fell out of the UTV, landed on an ammunition can, and injured his back. | |||||
2015-05-21 | Grand Island | Nebraska | HORNADY MANUFACTURING CO | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating an ammunition loading machine. One cartridge did not have a bullet seated in the opening, so he reached into the opening to remove the faulty cartridge. His finger got caught by the transfer bar (feeding mechanism). |