Intentionally set explosion · Thermal burns degree unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Half Off Fireworks LLC, 302 McCright, VICTORIA, TEXAS 77901
on — Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the Multiple body parts n.e.c..
Final narrative
Employees were setting up for an event to showcase fireworks for a municipality. The injured employee was setting up the tubing for the mortar shells when a mortar shell ignited. An employee sustained burns to their face, arms, and abdomen.
An employee was adding production material to a machine by hand and watching the canning process. One of the products was loaded upside down causing it to detonate. This set off a chain reaction of nearby products, causing a flash fire. The employee suffered severe burns across 80% of his back, 60% of his chest, and 90% of his left arm. He was hospitalized.
Three employees were plugging an oil and gas well when one of the onsite explosives detonated prematurely, injuring one employee. The employee sustained multiple lacerations and fractures to the waist and legs.
An employee was preparing pyrotechnic materials utilizing screen/sieve equipment that is operated in a unoccupied bay that is interlocked. After sieving/screening was completed, the employee entered the bay to manually transfer the pyrotechnic material and noticed materials were stuck to the sieve/screen. The materials detonated during the transfer. The employee sustained first-degree burns to the face and third-degree burns to the hands.
An employee was directing guest traffic in the parking lot when they were attacked by a member of the public, resulting in injuries that required hospitalization.
An employee was loading snow guns and jacks onto a dump-style truck. The truck was parked on an incline and the door closed on the employee. The employee was hospitalized for contusions and a lacerated liver.
An employee was working in the valet booth with the door locked when three individuals broke down the door. The individuals attacked and robbed him. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion, fractured facial bones, a bruised rib, and a bruised leg bone.
During aerial practice, an employee fell 25 feet from custom aerial straps and landed on the ice skating rink below. The employee sustained fractures to both wrists and her lower and upper jaw. She also lost one tooth and two front teeth became loose.
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An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.