Cuts, lacerations

Name: Cuts, lacerations at Pryor Chemical Company
Start: 8/15/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015085726 · 8/15/2015 · Pryor Chemical Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Face, unspecified
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Source: Broken glass, glass chips, or fibers

Employer

Name: Pryor Chemical Company
Location: 4463 Hunt St., PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, 74361
NAICS: 325199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were working on the well head to bleed pressure off a tank so that ethylene glycol could be added. The sight glass on the tank exploded and struck one of the employees in the face, causing a severe facial laceration and requiring surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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