OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214670
HOOVER UNIVERSAL BALL & ROLLER BEARING DIVISION
ERWIN, TN·
Event description
NITRIC ACID AND ALCOHOL IN CONTAINER ERUPTED; WORKER BURNED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MIXING A SOLUTION OF 95% ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL AND 5% NITRIC ACID. T HE CONTAINER SUDDENLY ERUPTED, CAUSING THE SOLUTION TO SPLASH INTO THE EMPLOYEE' S EYES, FACE AND OTHER BODY PARTS. HE RECEIVED ACID BURNS WHERE THE SOLUTION TOU CHED HIS SKIN.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 796
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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