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Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2016054090 · 5/12/2016 · Premere Tank Wash
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Arm(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- Source
- Acids, n.e.c.
- Secondary source
- Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
Employer
- Name
- Premere Tank Wash
- Location
- 202 Commerce Dr, SARALAND, ALABAMA, 36571
- NAICS
- 562998
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was opening a valve on a tanker trailer. Chloroacetic acid came out of the valve and burned the top side of the employee's right arm.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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