Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions

Name: Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions at Materion Advanced Materials Group Inc.
Start: 1/22/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010689 · 1/22/2020 · Materion Advanced Materials Group Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Metallics and compounds, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Materion Advanced Materials Group Inc.
Location: 2978 Main Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14214
NAICS: 331492
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing a final sugar addition to a heated solution of caustic, silver nitrate water when a portion of the mixture ejected from the lid of the 100-gallon reaction vessel and contacted the employee's body. The employee suffered second and third degree chemical burns to the face, arm, back, and leg.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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