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Report: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue at Westlake Vinyls Company, LP in Geismar, Louisiana
DATE: 07/17/18
An employee was adding a bag of sodium thiosulfate to a storage tank containing sodium hypochlorite and a weak caustic solution. The bag fell into the tank and the liquid in the tank splashed onto the employee causing second degree burns to the right and left thigh, abdomen and left hand.
| Report ID |
2018077203 |
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| Date |
07/17/2018 |
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| UPA |
1360624 |
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| Primary NAICS |
325211 |
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| Nature |
1512 |
Second degree chemical burns and corrosions |
| Part of Body |
899 |
Multiple body parts, n.e.c. |
| Source |
178 |
Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c. |
| Secondary Source |
2111 |
Bags, sacks |
| Event |
5544 |
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| Hospitalized |
Yes |
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| Amputation |
No |
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