Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Keymark Corporation of Lakeland
Start: 4/19/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017043511 · 4/19/2017 · Keymark Corporation of Lakeland

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid

Employer

Name: Keymark Corporation of Lakeland
Location: 2520 Knights Station Road, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33810
NAICS: 331316
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was transporting a pump used with hydrofluoric acid in a box. He was attempting to stop the pump from tipping over when he contacted the pump's acid residue, suffering chemical burns to his hand that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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