Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at GE Lighting
Start: 2/2/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016021006 · 2/2/2016 · GE Lighting

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
Source: Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid

Employer

Name: GE Lighting
Location: 1099 Ivannoe Rd., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44110
NAICS: 335121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was vacuum filtering a 49-percent hydrofluoric acid solution in a lab hood when the hydrofluoric acid was pulled through a vacuum pump during filtration. The employee inhaled the fumes, and her right ear and head were contacted by the solution.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown