OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #825943
QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR USA, INC.
OWINGS MILLS, MD·
Event description
Employee splashed on face by acid
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:00 p.m. on February 23, 1988, Employee #1 was in the mixing r oom gathering materials and ingredients that he needed to make a food flavoring. The employee was setting up a 55 gallon drum of caprylic acid onto a pallet whe n a loose bung cap on the drum popped off, splashing acid into Employee #1's eye s and face. Employee #1 was not wearing any ppe and was hospitalized with minor eye and facial irritation. He had not checked the bung on the drum for tightness before moving the drum, as he had been trained to do.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 688
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- C725
- Task assigned
- 1
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