Second degree chemical burns and corrosions

Name: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at Westlake Vinyls Company, LP
Start: 7/17/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018077203 · 7/17/2018 · Westlake Vinyls Company, LP

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Bags, sacks

Employer

Name: Westlake Vinyls Company, LP
Location: 36045 Highway 30, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
NAICS: 325211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was adding a bag of sodium thiosulfate to a storage tank containing sodium hypochlorite and a weak caustic solution. The bag fell into the tank and the liquid in the tank splashed onto the employee causing second degree burns to the right and left thigh, abdomen and left hand.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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