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OSHA Injury Report: Balchem: Verona

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Balchem: Verona in Verona, MO 65769 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was cHEMOPER Chemical Operator in baking powder manufacturing.

Establishment
Balchem: Verona
Parent company
Balchem Corporation
Street
299 Extension St.
City
Verona
State
MO
ZIP
65769
On-site location
Outside of building V-8 in aqueous.
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was carrying a small container of 50% sodium hydroxide in aqueous.

The shook the container and the lid came off. The employee was splashed in the face and eyes by this chemical.

Chemical burns from the 50% sodium hydroxide.

50% sodium hydroxide

Other Specific Injuries - Not Otherwise Classified of Eye(s) Soft Tissue - Head - Directly harmed by: Chemicals and Chemical Products - Acids and alkalies

Job description
CHEMOPER Chemical Operator
SOC code
51-9011 — Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311999 — Baking powder manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
130
Total hours worked
294851
Establishment ID
1193091
Employer case #
FY23-00857
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:05:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:15:43:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.