Explosion n.e.c. · Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at VERO BIOTECH, 387 Nerem St. NW Suite 125, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30313
on , Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries, affecting the Other multiple ear(s), facial locations.
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Final narrative
An employee had just removed a tray of 80 glass ampoules, each containing 1.44g of dinitrogen tetroxide (N2O4), from the burst test oven. The employee was examining the ampoules when a chain reaction caused 77 of them to burst in close proximity to his face. The released contents quickly converted into nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to his face and corneal abrasions from contact with the glass.
Hospitalized Other multiple ear(s), facial locations Bottles, jugs, flasks