B757 captain reported a damaged hazmat explosive box refused as cargo.

Attributes
ACN	1604325
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation

Narrative:

The dangerous goods agent presented an explosives box that was damaged and we had the box removed. The first officer inspected it first. While inspecting it the dg agent pointed out that the box was crushed and that it did not look good. They informed me and we all agreed to have it removed. It looked like whoever strapped it down had crushed it. The person who strapped down this dg box strapped it down too tight and damaged the box.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 Captain reported a damaged Hazmat explosive box refused as cargo.

Narrative: The dangerous goods agent presented an explosives box that was damaged and we had the box removed. The First Officer inspected it first. While inspecting it the DG agent pointed out that the box was crushed and that it did not look good. They informed me and we all agreed to have it removed. It looked like whoever strapped it down had crushed it. The person who strapped down this DG box strapped it down too tight and damaged the box.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.