HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Lafarge North America
Start: 05/07/2014

220141290038 · 05/07/2014 · Lafarge North America

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
Occupation: Quality control technician, Laboratory technician, Laboratory assistant
Activity: Office and lab work, Clerical
Injury source: ACIDS,ALKALI,WET CEMENT
Nature of injury: BURN,CHEMICL-FUME,COMPOUN
Body part: EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 13.73 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Lafarge S A
Operator: Lafarge North America
Mine: 3300069

Narrative

Employee was working in a fume hood attempting to unscrew a dispenser from the bottle of nitric acid. The outlet to the dispenser had a screw cap in place but contained a trace amount of acid that was not seen by her. The slight shock to the dispenser from the force of turning it, caused a drop of acid to fly up and hit her in the left eye.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown