Second degree chemical burns and corrosions

Name: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at International Paper Company
Start: 8/23/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088788 · 8/23/2019 · International Paper Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate

Employer

Name: International Paper Company
Location: 1201 West Lathrop Avenue, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31415
NAICS: 322121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was opening a valve when the hot caustic (main component: sodium hydroxide) from an adjacent valve that was open sprayed him. The piping was shut down for maintenance and the injured employee was restoring it to service prior to the incident. The employee sustained a second degree burn on 2% of the right leg surface. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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