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Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2018043991 · 4/25/2018 · PHOENIX CHEMICAL COMPANY
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
- Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
Employer
- Name
- PHOENIX CHEMICAL COMPANY
- Location
- 2200 Abutment Road, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- NAICS
- 325998
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was unloading a railcar to a tanker truck when 50% sodium hydroxide splashed in the employee's eye and face, causing chemical burns.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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