# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at RKM Fireworks Company
> OSHA SIR `2023098098` · 9/2/2023 · BLOOMINGDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pyrotechnics, fireworks
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** RKM Fireworks Company
- **Location:** 250 W. Schick Road, BLOOMINGDALE, ILLINOIS, 60108
- **NAICS:** 423920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up the electrical parts for a fireworks display. They were inserting an e-match when it generated friction with something else. A 3-inch firework shell ignited, injuring the employee's hand and head.

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