OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000066

CITY OF REIDSVILLE

REIDSVILLE, NC· 1988-08-08T00:00:00

Event: DELIVERY WORK, EYE, WORK RULES, HOSE, RUPTURE, CHEMICAL BURN, SPILL, FACE, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #18481804
Employer profile: CITY OF REIDSVILLE
Summary number: 1000066
Report ID: 453710

Event description

Employee's eyes and face exposed to caustic soda solution

Investigation abstract

A fifty percent caustic soda liquid was being transferred between a truck and a tank. One hundred and seventy gallons of the 4,000 gallon delivery had been tran sferred when the delivery hose ruptured. Caustic soda liquid spewed out through the rupture, striking Employee #1 in the face and eyes.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Nature of injury
4

Part of body
8

Event type
10

Source
27

Occupation code
519

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
9

Hazardous substance
2260

Task assigned
1

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