# Cuts, lacerations at Federal Bureau of Investigation
> OSHA SIR `2017087847` · 8/16/2017 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Explosive devices
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Bureau of Investigation
- **Location:** 26 Federal Plaza, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10278
- **NAICS:** 922120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inventorying diversionary flash-bang devices when a device fell from its protective cover. The pin also fell out, causing the device to detonate. The employee's left hand suffered soft tissue lacerations that required surgery and hospitalization.

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