Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202584587 - Employee Suffers Burns in Fire Works Explosion

Accident Summary Nr: 202584587 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/12/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310604418	09/26/2008	2899	325998	Pyro Spectaculars Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:20 a.m. on September 12, 2008, Employee #1 was working on a piece of quick match inside the seal control room. Employee #1 was removing an electric match from the quick match by cutting the paper (brown craft paper) on the quick match with a pair of stainless steel scissors. Employee #1 held the quick match in her left gloved hand (latex glove) and was having difficulty cutting it. When Employee #1 poked the quick match and the string deeply, the tip of the scissors contacted or impacted the electric match head causing a quick spark. The spark ignited approximately 10 pieces of quick match lying on the table below Employee #1's hand. Employee #1 sustained facial burn injuries and serious burn injuries of her left hand and was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, FIREWORKS, GLOVE, EXPLOSION, FACE, HAND

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310604418			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Supervisors, production occupations

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