Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions

Name: Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at Huellinghoff Brothers, Inc.
Start: 1/3/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010064 · 1/3/2018 · Huellinghoff Brothers, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia

Employer

Name: Huellinghoff Brothers, Inc.
Location: 50 Mel Gores Drive, UNION, MISSOURI, 63084
NAICS: 484230
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was starting to ventilate a tractor trailer tanker. Anhydrous ammonia vapors were to be ventilated before filling the tanker with propane. When the employee started to hook up the fan, leftover liquid anhydrous ammonia in the lines splashed him and caused first and third degree chemical burns.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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