Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hamburg Fireworks Display Inc, 2375 State Route 734 NW, JEFFERSONVILLE, OHIO 43128
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was lighting fireworks when a firework exploded causing injuries to the employee's torso and legs.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Pyrotechnics, fireworks
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