Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14554711 - Employee injured in fall to floor when primer explodes

Accident Summary Nr: 14554711 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 06/08/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2195634	06/08/1990	3482	0	Combat Arms, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 5, 1990, Employee #1 was loading .223 caliber ammunition using a Manmatic progressive loading machine when one of approximately 125 primers jammed sideways in the machine's primer tube. Employee #1 stood on an empty 7 in. by 7 in. by 12 in. wooden ammunition box to get a better look as he tried to clear the primer tube with a pair of curved tweezers. The tweezers apparently set off the stuck primer and, in a chain reaction, the remaining primers exploded. The force of the explosion hurled the tweezers at Employee #1, striking him on the forehead. Employee #1, now unconscious, fell off the ammunition box and struck his head on the floor, fracturing his skull.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, WORK RULES, JAMMED, EXPLOSION, SKULL, FALL, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2195634			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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