GREGORY, TEXAS—
Chemours Company
Exposure through intact tissue · Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was rebuilding a valve. He started to apply steam to the valve when there was a release of hydrogen fluoride and tar. The employee sustained burns to their right cheek and loss of vision in the right eye.
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