Exposure through intact tissue · Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pen Gulf, Inc., 1638 Industrial Road, MC INTOSH, ALABAMA 36553
on , Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts n.e.c..
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Final narrative
Employees were removing scaffolding that was used to repair an ion exchange tank. The line was undergoing the regen process when a piece of scaffold struck a PVC pipe that transported hydrochloric acid (HCl). The injured employee was placing material inside a scaffold rack when he was sprayed in the face with HCl and sustained chemical burns to his eyes, face, chest, right arm, and left leg.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts n.e.c.Hydrochloric acid