Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Crop Production Services
Start: 4/27/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017043765 · 4/27/2017 · Crop Production Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple face locations
Nature of injury: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Herbicides
Secondary source: Hoses

Employer

Name: Crop Production Services
Location: Farm Field Section 28 8 N 21W, ELWOOD, NEBRASKA, 68937
NAICS: 115112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was transferring chemicals from the tinder truck to the applicator when the transfer hose broke open and sprayed her face, especially her eyes, with 32% nitrogen, Acuron and Gramoxone SL. She was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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