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Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified

1 hospitalization · 2024021414 · 2/14/2024 · YKK (U.S.A), Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Wrist(s) and arm(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified

Cause

Event
Exposure through intact tissue
Source
Nitric acid
Secondary source
Machinery unspecified

Employer

Name
YKK (U.S.A), Inc.
Location
3340 Chestney Road, MACON, GEORGIA, 31217
NAICS
339993
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was pouring nitric acid into a plating bath tub. A mechanical trolley that traveled over the tank approached and startled him. This caused him to spill the acid onto his right arm. His arm was burned from the wrist to the elbow.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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