Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Oxy Vinyls, 2880 Park Rd. 1836, LA PORTE, TEXAS 77571
on , Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the body systems.
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Final narrative
On August 21, 2015, at 8:30 p.m., an employee was starting a pump when an expansion joint failed, releasing sulfuric acid into the atmosphere. The employee inhaled sulfuric acid fumes as he was evacuating the area. He was hospitalized.