Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Federal Bureau of Investigation, 8000 East 36th Ave., DENVER, COLORADO 80238
on — Thermal burns second degree, affecting the Head and extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was evaluating evidence for a disposal plan when bulk explosive powder with two large steel pipe bomb fragments ignited. The employee sustained second-degree burns to their face, arms, and hands.
Hospitalized Head and extremities Explosives unspecified
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