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Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2019088234 · 8/11/2019 · BASF Corporation
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- Nature of injury
- Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified
- Source
- Sulfuric acid
Employer
- Name
- BASF Corporation
- Location
- 1379 Ciba Road, MC INTOSH, ALABAMA, 36553
- NAICS
- 325199
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was loosening a hose from a rail car when the hose splashed sulfuric acid on the employee, causing chemical burns to the shoulder.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown