Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at G.R. Sponaugle & Sons, Inc.
Start: 3/25/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021032548 · 3/25/2021 · G.R. Sponaugle & Sons, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Fluorotrichloromethane

Employer

Name: G.R. Sponaugle & Sons, Inc.
Location: 21 Lebanon Valley Parkway, LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17042
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee and a co-worker were taking off the service cap of a king valve when refrigerant discharged into the injured employee's glove at high pressure causing burns to the left hand that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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