Contact with hot objects or substances · Fractures and burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Ecolab, 547 W Nez Perce Ave, JEROME, IDAHO 83338
on , Fractures and burns, affecting the multiple body parts n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee went to perform a routine visual inspection by opening the manway hatch of the tank. As he turned to the tank and opened the manway hatch, the steam and/or the caustic cleaning solution was released with a high force. The temperature of the tank holding the caustic solution was 200 F. The employee sustained chemical and thermal burns to his back and body. He also suffered a compound fracture to his right ankle and fractures to his right elbow and right scapula. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts n.e.c.Cleaning and polishing agents unspecified