OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295935
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES
ARNOLD, MD·
Event description
EYE BURNED BY HYDRATED LIME
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND SOME COWORKERS WERE DISASSEMBLING A ROTOR CONTROL VALVE IN THE # 1 LIME FEED SYSTEM. THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO FIND A FOREIGN OBJECT WHICH THEY SUS PECTED TO BE IN THE IMPELLER AREA. THE LIME HOPPER VIBRATOR WAS SHUT OFF, BUT TH E AIR COMPRESSOR WHICH KEEPS THE LIME FROM CONGULATING AND CLOGGING WAS NOT. WHE N EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED TO DIG THE LIME WITH A SCREWDRIVER, THE LIMED SPILLED OUT OF THE HOPPER AND COMPLETELY COVERED HIM. SOME OF THE LIME BECAME LODGED IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO ANNAPOLIS GENERAL HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR BURN S IN HIS EYE. ALTHOUGH GOGGLES AND FACE SHIELDS WERE PROVIDED, NO PROTECTIVE EQU IPMENT WAS BEING WORN.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 8
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 694
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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