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Apex Waste - Infinite Disposal

Exposure through intact tissue · Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Apex Waste - Infinite Disposal, 2400 Block of N Chelton Rd, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80909 on , Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts n.e.c..

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An employee was loading trash into a rear-load trash truck from a residential trash can. The hopper of the truck was nearly full so the employee compressed the trash with the blade of the truck to make room in the hopper. As the trash was compressed, a black liquid sprayed out from the truck and onto the employee. The liquid was later determined to be a highly concentrated sulfuric acid that was in a plastic container inside a paper bag in a trash bin. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to their face, arms, and abdomen.

Hospitalized Multiple body parts n.e.c. Sulfuric acid