Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at BAE Systems
Start: 7/25/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076747 · 7/25/2016 · BAE Systems

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Fire extinguishers

Employer

Name: BAE Systems
Location: Bldg 211, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO, 88002
NAICS: 541990
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was adjusting a halon fire bottle cable when the bottle discharged. His left wrist was exposed to the halon chemical, damaging his arteries and tendons and requiring hospitalization.

Source

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