# Amputations at Celebration Fireworks, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065994` · 6/30/2017 · SLATINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pyrotechnics, fireworks
## Employer
- **Name:** Celebration Fireworks, Inc.
- **Location:** 7911 7th Street, SLATINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18080
- **NAICS:** 713990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing electronic matches in 4-inch ground burst fireworks when they exploded and amputated her fingers.

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