Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Harcros Chemicals, Inc.
Start: 5/8/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019054676 · 5/8/2019 · Harcros Chemicals, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
Secondary source: Barrels, drums-except pressurized

Employer

Name: Harcros Chemicals, Inc.
Location: 2627 Weir St., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
NAICS: 424690
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to unload a pallet of 55-gallon drums from a tractor trailer. A 55-gallon drum containing hydrofluoric acid was leaking and the acid was released into the air. The employee was hospitalized for exposure to the acid including lung and throat injuries.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown