Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sterigenics US LLC, 2971 Olympic Industrial Drive SE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30339
on , Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was using a forklift to load a sterilization chamber with pallets of medical devices. As he drove out of the chamber, ethylene oxide gas exploded. The employee suffered second and third degree burns over his body and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedEthylene oxide