Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at KIK Custom Products
Start: 9/28/2019

1 hospitalization · 20190910172 · 9/28/2019 · KIK Custom Products

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, unspecified
Nature of injury: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Chlorine, chlorine bleach

Employer

Name: KIK Custom Products
Location: 2921 Corder Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
NAICS: 325998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While on a ladder, an employee was going to do a line break on a 2-inch PVC line of bleach (16% sodium hypochlorite) in order to repair a leak. The line was 8 feet above the ground. When the 2-inch PVC line was cut, the employee came in contact with the bleach, sustaining chemical burns on the upper body. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

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