Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Vulcan Industrial Contractors
Start: 6/10/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015063006 · 6/10/2015 · Vulcan Industrial Contractors

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Sulfuric acid

Employer

Name: Vulcan Industrial Contractors
Location: 32224 Hwy 31 N, BREWTON, ALABAMA, 36426
NAICS: 238310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was building a scaffold. While constructing the scaffold, the leg of the scaffold hit a valve (located above)releasing sulfuric acid. He suffered burns on the left side of his body and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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