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Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

1 hospitalization · 2019044167 · 4/24/2019 · Hi-Tek Environmental, Inc. dba STAT Analysis Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source
Nitric acid
Secondary source
Bottles, jugs, flasks

Employer

Name
Hi-Tek Environmental, Inc. dba STAT Analysis Corporation
Location
2242 W. Harrison Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60612
NAICS
541712
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working in a laboratory and was pouring 1:1 HN03 (nitric acid) out of a 1000ml flask into a 4-liter reagent bottle inside a fume hood when the neck of the 1000ml flask broke and HN03 splashed onto the employee's chest and face. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns to the chest and face.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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