Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Westlake Vinyls Company, LP, 36045 Highway 30, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA 70734
on , Second degree chemical burns and corrosions, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was adding a bag of sodium thiosulfate to a storage tank containing sodium hypochlorite and a weak caustic solution. The bag fell into the tank and the liquid in the tank splashed onto the employee causing second degree burns to the right and left thigh, abdomen and left hand.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.