Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Wabash Valley Service Company
Start: 4/15/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015042016 · 4/15/2015 · Wabash Valley Service Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia

Employer

Name: Wabash Valley Service Company
Location: 21546 Highway 1, ALLENDALE, ILLINOIS, 62410
NAICS: 115116
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 4/15/15, at approximately 7:30 a.m., an employee was filling two 1,000-gallon nurse tanks with anhydrous ammonia when he suffered a chemical burn to his inner right arm, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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