105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

PEORIA, ILLINOIS—

Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.

Fall to lower level, unspecified · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Final narrative

On February 21, 2022, at approximately 1:15 p.m., the injured employee was working in the cleaning department of the wire mill. The employee attempted to rotate a valve handle counterclockwise from the 3 o'clock position to the 12 o'clock position with the intention of draining an acid box. The valve handle broke and caused the employee to lose balance and fall into the acid box approximately three feet away. The employee was fully submerged in the box containing sulfuric acid that was approximately 157 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee was hospitalized for second and third degree burns to a large portion of their body.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts, unspecified Nonclassifiable

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