Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at RKM Fireworks Company, 250 W. Schick Road, BLOOMINGDALE, ILLINOIS 60108
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was setting up the electrical parts for a fireworks display. They were inserting an e-match when it generated friction with something else. A 3-inch firework shell ignited, injuring the employee's hand and head.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Pyrotechnics, fireworks
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