Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Darling Ingredients Inc.
Start: 12/13/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221210800 · 12/13/2022 · Darling Ingredients Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple face locations
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: Darling Ingredients Inc.
Location: 834 FM 227 East, GRAPELAND, TEXAS, 75844
NAICS: 311119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing a pump on the air scrubber unit in the chemical pump room. There was residual caustic in the pump that burned the employee's face and eyes.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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