Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Pryor Chemical Company
Start: 8/21/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017088016 · 8/21/2017 · Pryor Chemical Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Nitric acid

Employer

Name: Pryor Chemical Company
Location: 4463 Hunt St., PRYOR, OKLAHOMA, 74361
NAICS: 325199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an air pressure hose to drain a nitric acid line into a tote when the hose blew out of the tote and nitric acid burned the employee's legs and groin.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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