OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #779587
UNISTEAM
STATELINE, NV·
Event description
Employees suffer chemical burns to eyes when sprayer bursts
Investigation abstract
The spray hose to a garden-type sprayer burst under pressure before spraying. Em ployees #1 and #2 sustained eye contact with the caustic soap solution.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 Female
- Nature of injury
- Burn(Chemical) (4)
- Part of body
- EYE(S) (8)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- CLEANING COMPOUND (10)
- Occupation
- Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers (448)
- Human factor
- INSUF/LACK/PROTCV WRK CLTHG/EQUIP (20)
- Environmental factor
- OVERPRESSURE/UNDERPRESSURE (15)
- Hazardous substance
- 2140
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 Male
- Nature of injury
- Burn(Chemical) (4)
- Part of body
- EYE(S) (8)
- Accident type
- OTHER (14)
- Source of injury
- CLEANING COMPOUND (10)
- Occupation
- Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers (448)
- Human factor
- INSUF/LACK/PROTCV WRK CLTHG/EQUIP (20)
- Environmental factor
- OVERPRESSURE/UNDERPRESSURE (15)
- Hazardous substance
- 2140
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.