OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709386
LOFFLAND BROTHERS CO.
NEOLA, UT·
Event description
CAUSTIC SODA CAUSED SKIN BURNS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MIXING CAUSTIC SODA WITH WATER WHEN A VIOLENT REACTION TOOK PLAC E. HIS FACE, NECK AND UPPER BODY WERE SPLASHED WITH THE CAUSTIC SODA, CAUSING FI RST AND SECOND DEGREE CHEMICAL BURNS. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILABL E, BUT WAS NOT USED BY EMPLOYEE #1.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 614
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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