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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2024109513 · 10/12/2024 · BASF Corporation - Savannah

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Struck by discharged object or substance
Source
Container caps, lids, covers
Secondary source
Machinery unspecified

Employer

Name
BASF Corporation - Savannah
Location
1800 East President Street, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31404
NAICS
327992
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Employees were making a grade change to a spray dryer system. Water pressure blew a strainer lid off as one employee was trying to open it; it struck the employee's face, causing fractures to their face and forehead on the left side as well as a cut above the left eye.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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