# Cuts, lacerations at Hornady Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2016021046` · 2/3/2016 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Whole body
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hornady Manufacturing
- **Location:** 3625 W Old Potashy Hwy, GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68803
- **NAICS:** 332994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the Pierce and Prime Line. A primer got jammed in the line and the employee used a tool to try and unjam the line. The tool set off the primer and the adjacent primers causing a minor explosion. The employee was hospitalized with abrasions and lacerations to their face and body.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*