Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Shearer's Foods, LLC
Start: 10/19/2017

1 hospitalization · 20171010055 · 10/19/2017 · Shearer's Foods, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate

Employer

Name: Shearer's Foods, LLC
Location: 692 Wabash Ave N, BREWSTER, OHIO, 44613
NAICS: 311919
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While cleaning a slicer head using chemicals, an employee pulled on a hose that released from a valve. Chemicals (caustic soda) then splashed the employee's face, causing a chemical burn near the eye.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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