Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
Start: 3/16/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020032494 · 3/16/2020 · Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified

Employer

Name: Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
Location: 10646 Hwy. 51, OAKLAND, MISSISSIPPI, 38948
NAICS: 311412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pouring caustic into a kettle with hot water to sanitize the kettle. A chemical reaction occurred, causing caustic to splash back onto him. The employee sustained chemical burns to parts of the face, the eye, and also to the wrists, neck, thigh, and buttocks.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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