Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at FPL FOOD, LLC
Start: 8/1/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087069 · 8/1/2016 · FPL FOOD, LLC

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: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
Secondary source: Pumps

Employer

Name: FPL FOOD, LLC
Location: 1301 NEW SAVANNAH ROAD, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30901
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was turning on the switch to a scrubber fan pump when the fan pump's pipe burst, causing the chemical inside the pipe to splash on and burn the employee's right arm.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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