Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-03-01 | Byron | Ga | PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC. | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was performing cleaning operations in a pyrotechnic loading machine. A flash burned her right hand and the inside of her forearm. | |||||
2017-05-08 | Humble | Texas | Waste Management of Texas, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. |
On May 08, 2017, at approximately 4:15PM, an employee was firing bird deterrent pyrotechnics as part of the facility bird control program when a spark from the bird gun got into the pyrotechnics bag. The pyrotechnics ignited and caused burns to the left side of his body and arm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2016-05-23 | Camden | Arkansas | Esterline Defense Technologies | Multiple body parts | Explosion, n.e.c. |
Two employees were loading explosive pyrotechnics into a drying tumbler when the material exploded, burning the face and hands of both employees. One of the employees also fractured her elbow and lacerated her leg. |