ORANGE, TEXAS·
Arlanxeo Performance Elastomers
Unintentional needlestick or sharps injury · Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Arlanxeo Performance Elastomers, 4647 FM Rd 1006, ORANGE, TEXAS 77631 on , Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified, affecting the body systems.
Final narrative
An employee was taking a process sample and stroked the needle to remove contaminants when the sample needle pierced his left thumb. Some of the material being sampled (butadiene and cyclohexane) entered his thumb. The employee was hospitalized.
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