Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-08	Laureldale	Pa	Yuasa Battery, Incorporated	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was transferring 98% sulfuric acid from the receiving tank to the cutting tank. At the completion of the transfer, the employee was closing a valve and a section of piping failed. The employee sustained chemical burns to their neck and right wrist.
2021-10-01	Middletown	Oh	Electro-Metallics Inc	Multiple body parts	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Two employees were cleaning a hose that contained hydrochloric acid. After rinsing the hose, it was placed in a tank with bleach. Hydrochloric acid remaining on the hose reacted with the bleach, exposing the employees to chlorine gas that made it difficult to breathe. One employee was hospitalized for inhalation chemical burns.
2021-08-11	Riverview	Fl	MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC.	Arm(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
The injured employee was conducting maintenance at the plant and was at the reactor slurry line to open the valve to drain the slurry out so it did not solidify. Steam in the line was turned on from the control room. When the employee went to rod out the valve, the material broke loose due to the steam pressure and sprayed hot reactor slurry onto the employee. The slurry contained phosphoric acid and ammonia. The employee sustained chemical burns to both arms and was hospitalized.
2021-07-29	Beaumont	Tx	Chemtrade Refinery Service Inc	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Two employees were investigating a 4-inch spent sulfuric acid line to see what was needed for repairs. The line ruptured and sprayed acid on both employees. One suffered burns to his hands and the lower part of his body. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-15	West Memphis	Ar	Qualiwash Holdings	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was preparing to clean a chemical tanker when a pressure release occurred, spraying the employee with acrylic acid and resulting in chemical burns to their legs and abdomen.
2021-06-11	Chicopee	Ma	U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee removed a cap while prepping a tote in a wastewater treatment area and was exposed to sulfuric acid, resulting in chemical burns.
2021-05-28	Lake Ozark	Mo	Sunny's Marina	Multiple body parts	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee was repairing the bottom of a customer's boat and drank acid resulting in burns to their throat and stomach that required hospitalization.
2021-05-21	Liberal	Ks	National Beef Packing Co LLC	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee suffered chemical burns while changing sulfuric acid and was hospitalized.
2021-05-20	West Springfield	Ma	AGRI-MARK, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee inhaled low-foam acid fumes while cleaning a tank. He developed respiratory symptoms and was hospitalized.
2021-05-08	Houston	Tx	Stoller USA	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Two employees were charging a tank with urea and formic acid. The employees were exposed to formic acid vapor and lost consciousness. One was hospitalized.
2021-05-04	Texas City	Tx	Blanchard Refining Company, LLC - Galveston Bay Refinery	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
Hydrogen fluoride was released from piping near an alkylation unit's auxiliary acid dump drum. Two employees were exposed to the hydrogen fluoride and were hospitalized.
2021-04-21	Port Arthur	Tx	Motiva Enterprise LLC	Wrist(s) and arm(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was collecting a sample at a closed loop station. Recently installed tubing came loose, spraying the employee with spent acid. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the right forearm and left wrist.
2021-04-10	Perryville	Mo	TG MISSOURI	Leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was adding metal to bins in a chrome plating hot water bath. The employee fell into a 148-degree solution of 6 percent sulfuric acid up to the waist; the employee suffered second-degree burns to the legs and was hospitalized.
2021-04-07	Reading	Pa	C.M. High Inc.	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee installed new control wiring for the emergency release button on a formic acid process. When the employee tested the new wiring, formic acid sprayed out of a secondary pipe and struck the employee causing chemical burns to the face, chest, right shoulder, and arm. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-02-06	Houston	Tx	Service Transport Company	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee opened up an internal trailer valve to apply pressure and connected the hose to the trailer to offload product. While putting the hose in place to connect it, the external valve switch was hit and sulfuric acid came pouring out of the trailer, resulting in chemical exposure to sulfuric acid on the left and right wrists, left foot, left side of face, and middle of chest.
2021-01-15	Mulberry	Fl	SOUTH EAST INDUSTRIAL SALES AND SERVICE, INC.	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was disconnecting a hose from a portable transfer pump when residual sulfuric acid sprayed out of the hose and contacted the employee, resulting in chemical burns to both legs from the thighs to below the knees that required hospitalization. Personal protective equipment was worn at the time of the incident.
2021-01-05	Athens	Ga	RWDC Industries	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was opening a valve to prepare it to be drained of sulfuric acid when a pump failed and sulfuric acid sprayed onto the employee causing chemical burns.
2020-09-03	Pasadena	Tx	Trimac Transportation	Arm(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was being trained on transferring acid from one tanker truck to another. He was connecting hoses and fittings between the trucks when nitric acid from the open end of one of the lines splashed onto his right arm. The employee was hospitalized for third degree chemical burns to 2.5% of the employee's right arm.
2020-08-12	El Dorado	Ar	SINDLE TRUCKING, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee lifting a loaded trailer of sulfuric acid sustained chemical burns on his back after coming into contact with sulfuric acid that had leaked from the trailer.
2020-08-09	Eupora	Ms	Plymouth Tube Company	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was opening a valve on an acid prep tank. The pipe fitting was loose and acid sprayed the employee, burning the employee's upper body.
2020-07-07	Birmingham	Alabama	Aramark Uniform Services	Multiple foot (feet) locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was filling a chemical day tank when 5 gallons of acid overflowed onto the floor. As he was cleaning it up, the acid flowed over his shoes and burned his feet and toes.
2020-06-22	Cleveland	Ohio	Art Galvanizing Works, Inc.	Leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was in the process of adding sulfuric acid to an acid bath when the hose he was using to pour the acid into the tank became loose and spilled the acid onto his upper legs, resulting in severe burns. He was rushed to a quick drench shower and then hospitalized.
2020-06-15	Franklin	Georgia	JAC Products, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was holding down the hose pump to transfer chemicals from the dip tank to a tote. The employee was exposed via inhalation to phosphoric acid resulting in chemical burns to the lung.
2020-04-28	Claymont	Delaware	Honeywell	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
At about 1:00 p.m. on April 28, 2020, an employee was checking a sulfuric acid railcar to ensure that it was empty before it was sent offsite for cleaning and decommissioning. The employee loosened the railcar's dip tube cap with a pipe wrench, then removed it. Residual pressure in the railcar sprayed about 4 pounds of acid into the employee's face, causing chemical burns to the employee's forehead, cheeks and nose.
2020-03-06	Kansas City	Kansas	Dana Container Inc.	Head and trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was transferring sulfuric acid from a railcar to a cargo tank trailer. When the railcar was empty, the employee removed the product transfer hose. While removing the valve fitting, sulfuric acid (in the form of a mist) sprayed out and contacted the employee's face and upper torso. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns.
2020-01-23	Denver	Colorado	Acme Manufacturing Company, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was transporting sulfuric acid in a plastic bucket when the bucket handle failed and the bucket tipped. The corrosive acid contacted the employee's legs, causing third degree chemical burns to the legs and feet.
2020-01-21	Westby	Wisconsin	Westby Cooperative Creamery	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was rinsing out chemical barrels when sanitizing chemicals mixed with phosphoric acid and produced chlorine gas. The employee inhaled the chlorine gas, suffering a chemical burn in the lungs.
2020-01-14	Shrewsbury	Massachusett	Price Chopper Operating Co. of Massachusetts, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c.
An employee drank liquid from a water bottle. The employee sustained chemical burns to the lips, mouth, throat, and legs and was hospitalized. A coworker had intentionally substituted the injured employee's water bottle with a water bottle containing sulfuric acid.
2019-08-11	Mc Intosh	Alabama	BASF Corporation	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was loosening a hose from a rail car when the hose splashed sulfuric acid on the employee, causing chemical burns to the shoulder.
2019-08-06	Buffalo	New York	CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.	Trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was preparing to transfer hydrofluoric acid. A transfer pump motor/gear needed repair in order to transfer the hydrofluoric acid. The employee removed the pump, made the repair, and returned to reassemble the pump. The employee was splashed by hydrofluoric acid and sustained chemical burns to the torso.
2019-07-12	Channelview	Texas	Lyondellbasell	Head and neck	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee stepped over a pump, put his arm out to brace himself, and came in contact with a valve which then opened and sprayed sulfuric acid on him. He was hospitalized with chemical burns to the face and neck.
2019-06-29	Kettering	Ohio	Thirty43 by the Greene	Head, neck, and trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee heard a loud noise coming from the pool pumps. During the employee's investigation of the noise, the pump exploded and trichloroisocyanuric acid splashed onto the employee's face, neck, and chest causing chemical burns.
2019-06-26	Dothan	Alabama	The Vincit Group, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was delivering chemicals and removing transfer tubing at a bulk chemical storage tank when residual peracetic acid reacted with an unknown substance, causing off-gassing. The employee was hospitalized with a respiratory injury.
2019-06-25	Oil City	Louisiana	DOC Energy Services, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were moving a 2-inch iron pipe to their acid pump truck when the injured employee's right ring finger was caught between the pipe and the pipe rack it rested on. He suffered an open fracture to the fingertip.
2019-06-21	Fairfield	Ohio	Koch Foods of Cincinnati LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Bleach was mixed with acid that resulted in a chemical reaction and a cloud. An employee inhaled a chemical mixture and was hospitalized.
2019-06-19	Saint Gabriel	Louisiana	Service Transport	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was transferring product from a trailer to a tote when the employee was splashed with sulfuric acid on the face and left eye.
2019-06-12	Cherokee	Alabama	Cherokee Nitrogen L.L.C.	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was helping to drain a knockout pot containing 65% nitric acid. The drain hose became loose and the employee was sprayed in the face. The employee received burns to the face and eyes, requiring hospitalization.
2019-06-04	Littlefield	Texas	Continenetal Dairy Facility Southwest	Hand(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was working with hydrochloric acid when the acid went straight up in the air and landed on the employee's apron sleeve. The liquid flowed down the apron into the employee's glove and burned the employee's hand.
2019-06-03	Lakeville	New York	Archer Daniel Midland	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was preparing to melt granulated sugar with hot water to make liquid invert sucrose. The employee turned on the drum pump and walked over to the measuring tank to monitor filling. While the employee's back was facing the pump, the pump discharge hose came undone and a discharge of hydrochloric acid (HCl) struck the employee's back causing first and second degree chemical burns.
2019-05-16	Reserve	Louisiana	CBSL Transportation Services	Eye(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee opened a container with dichloroacetyl chloride residue, which is acidic. When the container was opened, tank pressure was released and some product discharged onto the employee. The product got on his back, the side of his body, and his face. He suffered first degree burns and irritation to the body and face, and was hospitalized for redness/irritation to his eyes. Safety glasses were worn at the time.
2019-05-08	Dallas	Texas	Harcros Chemicals, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was using a forklift to unload a pallet of 55-gallon drums from a tractor trailer. A 55-gallon drum containing hydrofluoric acid was leaking and the acid was released into the air. The employee was hospitalized for exposure to the acid including lung and throat injuries.
2019-05-04	Erie	Pennsylvania	Erie Plating Company	Head and neck	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee tripped and fell while carrying a container of sulfuric acid. The acid splashed under the employee's face shield. The employee was hospitalized with first degree burns to the face and the right side of the neck.
2019-04-24	Chicago	Illinois	Hi-Tek Environmental, Inc. dba STAT Analysis Corporation	Head and trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was working in a laboratory and was pouring 1:1 HN03 (nitric acid) out of a 1000ml flask into a 4-liter reagent bottle inside a fume hood when the neck of the 1000ml flask broke and HN03 splashed onto the employee's chest and face. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns to the chest and face.
2019-04-24	Amarillo	Texas	Plains Dairy, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee delivered nitric acid to a chlorine tank that was mislabeled, causing a reaction with a cloud that affected seven employees and required evacuation. An employee was hospitalized for respiratory irritation due to chemical exposure.
2019-04-05	Carville	Louisiana	Turner Industries Group L.L.C	Head and neck	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee came into contact with hydrofluoric acid vapor while working on a line, suffering a second degree burn to the lower face and neck area.
2019-04-04	Westlake	Louisiana	QUALITY CARRIERS	Tooth (teeth)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was on top of a trailer delivering acid when a 2-inch valve came loose, hitting the employee in the face. He suffered missing teeth and facial fractures, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2019-03-21	Pasadena	Texas	Qualawash Holdings, LLC.	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was flushing a transloading hose with cresylic acid into an intermediate bulk container. The hose slipped out of the tote and splashed residual product on the employee's face, causing burns to his face and eyes.
2019-02-18	Lithia Springs	Georgia	Chemstar Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was removing the lid from a liquid tote of hypochlorous acid. Exposed to the vapor, the employee began experiencing shortness of breath and was hospitalized.
2019-02-16	Hammond	Louisiana	AAA Rent All	Eye(s)	Explosion, n.e.c.
After being removed from a charger, a dead forklift battery exploded in an employee's face. The battery acid caused an eye injury.
2019-02-06	Paulsboro	New Jersey	Paulsboro Refining Company LLC	Leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was preparing a line for maintenance work. The line contained a combination of propane and hydrofluoric acid. He was hooking up the hose to the valve to put a vacuum on the line and pull out the remaining chemicals. Before he could place the hose on the valve, residual chemicals came out and splashed his legs, causing skin burns. He was hospitalized.
2019-01-16	Riceboro	Georgia	SNF Holding Company	Pelvic region	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee dropped a container which contained acetic acid, adam, and MEHQ. The container hit the edge of a fume hood and splashed onto the employee causing second degree burns.
2019-01-11	Vero Beach	Florida	A. R. Choice Management, Inc.	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee poured chlorine (thinking it was water) inside a pump sprayer that had an acidic cleaner inside, creating a noxious fume that caused the sprayer to explode. The chemical mixture spilled onto the employee's left leg and foot, causing chemical burns.
2018-09-07	Franklin	Ohio	ChemGroup, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was delivering sodium hypochlorite (bleach) to a customer by tanker truck. The customer directed the employee to the incorrect unloading station, and the sodium hypochlorite was unloaded into a hydrofluorosilicic acid tank. The chemicals were incompatible and produced chlorine gas, which the employee inhaled.
2018-08-17	Saint Louis	Missouri	JOST CHEMICAL COMPANY	Lower extremities	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was connecting a hose to a production tank to transfer sulfuric acid when the acid released and contacted the employee, causing chemical burns to the lower extremities.
2018-08-14	Von Ormy	Texas	Univar USA, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Bleach and acetic acid were mixed together, releasing chlorine gas. An employee suffered an inhalation injury.
2018-07-25	Elk Grove Village	Illinois	CMP Anodizing, Inc.	Trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was carrying a 5-gallon bucket filled with 3 gallons of a chemical containing 77 to 100 percent sulfuric acid, preparing to add it to an anodizing tank. He tripped and the acid splashed out of the bucket, burning his torso area.
2018-07-12	Conley	Georgia	ARCH WOOD PROTECTION, INC.	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was removing a vessel cap when 60% chromic acid solution sprayed out of an open valve and contacted him, causing third degree burns on his shoulder, back, and wrists. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
2018-07-12	Cleveland	Ohio	Heidtman Steel Products, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee was performing maintenance work on top of a pickle line tank with the lid off when he became very hot and had difficulty breathing due to heat or hydrochloric acid exposure. He was hospitalized.
2018-06-28	Hialeah	Florida	Inframark, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee slipped and fell into a puddle of sulfuric acid resulting in a chemical burn.
2018-06-17	Lubbock	Texas	Hydrite Chemical Company	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was at the end of a trans-load (transferring from railcar to tanker truck) of nitric acid when a line broke, exposing him to nitric acid burns on his legs.
2018-06-11	Kosciusko	Mississippi	RJ'S Transportation	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
A truck driver with RJ's Transportation was unloading 93% sulfuric acid from the tanker truck to a holding tank at a customer site. Pressure lines failed and acid was released striking and burning the employee. Personal protective equipment (PPE) was not worn at the time.
2018-05-15	Bryan	Texas	Sanderson Farms, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was removing a clamp at a joint in a stainless steel water line that was diluted with peracetic acid when the acid contacted the employee, who received second degree burns to the left shoulder, left chest, and neck, as well as eye and chest irritation.
2018-04-25	Columbus	Georgia	Exide Technologies	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was trying to disconnect a high-level flow sensor that was going off in the acid farm area when acid contacted the employee's foot and lower leg, causing second degree chemical burns.
2018-04-14	Stonewall	Louisiana	Megalodon Services, Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
While opening and closing valves on stage two of an acid transport, an employee lost footing on the second step and slid down, landing hard on the ground and breaking the left leg.
2018-03-30	Lakeland	Florida	ITW Professional Automative Products	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was cleaning the production floor with acidic chemicals. He was pouring the chemical into a bucket to dilute it when it entered a hole in his glove and contacted his finger, causing a second degree burn that required hospitalization and a skin graft.
2018-03-26	Owego	New York	Sanmina Corp	Buttock(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was filling a tank with nitric acid. The nitric acid sprayed out of the ball valve onto the employee's back and leg. The employee received second degree burns to the buttock area, requiring hospitalization.
2018-03-22	Cuero	Texas	Refinery Specialist Inc.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Explosion, n.e.c.
The injured employee was preparing samples for testing and was processing nitric acid and oil and gas samples in a glass container when the glass container exploded resulting in burns and puncture wounds to the employee's hands and arms.
2018-03-15	Pasadena	Texas	Dow Chemical	Thigh(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was performing maintenance on a pump. While pressure testing the pump before returning it to service, he was splashed with 93% sulfuric acid, receiving chemical burns to his thigh area and requiring hospitalization.
2018-02-28	Fernandina	Florida	Milton J. Wood Company	Knee(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was holding a 10-inch diameter, 90-degree acid line pipe, while his coworker was using a 4-inch cutting wheel to cut the 90-degree portion of the pipe. After the final cut, a 6-inch pipe came out from the inside of the 10-inch pipe and fell on the employee's knee, fracturing it and requiring hospitalization.
2018-02-06	La Fayette	Georgia	Roper Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was using a wrench to fix a leak on a feed line from a tote to a metering pump when one of the cam locks for the tote cap cover came loose, spraying the employee with 93% sulfuric acid. The employee suffered chemical burns.
2018-01-29	Odessa	Texas	Green Industrial Cleaning, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was pressure washing in an acid tank tanker and sustained chemical burns.
2018-01-25	Calvert	Alabama	Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC	Wrist(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was cleaning when he bumped into a vertical pipe containing hydrofluoric acid. The acid dripped down under his gloves, burning the top of his left wrist. The pipe had been flushed at the time of the incident, but a section had a few ounces of trapped acid. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-01-21	Green Forest	Arkansas	Tyson Foods, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was watering a lift battery (approximately 350 lbs.). The battery did not have the retainer in place at the time. As he was pulling on the lid of the battery, it rolled out of the compartment and fell over. He tried to catch it and it fell on his right hand, smashing fingers two - five. Sulfuric acid also leaked from the battery onto his hand. His right long finger had to be amputated at the second knuckle.
2018-01-19	Kosciusko	Mississippi	Attala Steel Industries, LLC	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was reaching to turn a sulfuric acid tank valve when his elbow hit the sulfuric acid feed line and the line broke, releasing sulfuric acid. He received chemical burns to his face and hands.
2018-01-18	Tamaqua	Pennsylvania	Versum Materials US, LLC	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Two employees were disconnecting an ammonia sparger tube from an NF3 reactor when their hands were exposed to hydrofluoric acid. They suffered chemical burns and blistering on their hands and fingers, requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-15	Westfield	Massachusett	Westfield Electroplating Company	Arm(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
On 01/15/2018, an employee received a chemical burn to the left arm from hydrofluoric acid.
2018-01-03	Imperial	Nebraska	Frenchman Valley Farmers Co-op	Hand(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was using an acidic solution to clean an indoor car wash when he received chemical burns to his right hand, requiring hospitalization.
2017-10-09	Shoemakersville	Pennsylvania	Materion Brush Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was turning a ball valve to allow sulfuric acid to gravity feed when the gasket in the ball valve failed and released acid. The acid contacted the employee, who suffered chemical burns.
2017-09-19	Denver	Colorado	Fleetwash	Hand(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was carrying a jug of concentrated chemicals that contained acid when the fluid ran under his glove, burning his hand and requiring hospitalization.
2017-08-24	Elmore	Ohio	Materion Brush Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On August 24, 2017, an employee was exposed to sulfuric acid vapors while adding water to a sulfuric acid tank, requiring hospitalization.
2017-08-21	Pryor	Oklahoma	Pryor Chemical Company	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was using an air pressure hose to drain a nitric acid line into a tote when the hose blew out of the tote and nitric acid burned the employee's legs and groin.
2017-08-08	Omaha	Nebraska	Univar USA, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was disconnecting a hose from a pressurized railcar tanker when sulfuric acid sprayed from the tanker's attachment tube up the sleeves of the chemical jacket he was wearing. He suffered chemical burns to the arms and upper body, requiring hospitalization.
2017-07-24	Cairo	Georgia	Big Bend Agri-Services	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
On July 24, 2017, at around 11:00 a.m., an employee was preparing to load peracetic acid and peroxide into a plastic tote. He turned the air off, which keeps the plunger from opening up at the bottom of the fill tube, and guided the fill tube into a plastic tote. When he started lowering the fill tube into the tote, the plunger opened up and some chemical came out and splashed him, causing chemical burns to the left side of his neck and left shoulder.
2017-07-19	Pocatello	Idaho	J.R. Simplot Company	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was cleaning acid out of a vessel, tripped, and sustained acid burns to the neck and arm.
2017-06-21	Fernandina Beach	Florida	Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was unlocking a digester that had been shut down for maintenance. As he was conducting the unlocking procedure, an automatic valve was in the open position, allowing the digester acid to drain through the drain valves and thereby causing the release of sulfur dioxide. He suffered respiratory irritation from sulfur dioxide exposure and was hospitalized.
2017-06-18	Crane	Texas	Crudd Pumping Services	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was exposed to hydrochloric acid vapors while operating a blender.
2017-06-04	Midland	Texas	Pro Petro Services	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was exposed to hydrochloric acid vapors while hooking up hoses to pump chemicals. The employee became dizzy and required hospitalization. Proper PPE was not worn at the time of the incident.
2017-06-02	Westwego	Louisiana	Turner Industries Group	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was changing out bolts and a gasket on a 1.5" acid line in the acrylonitrile unit. The line was blinded and locked out and the valve was in the open position to the bleeder. When the employee cut the bolt on the flange, trapped pressure between the bleeder and flange caused residual sulfuric acid to spray the employee, causing chemical burns to the left abdomen, left arm, and left lower back.
2017-05-31	Baileyville	Maine	Woodland Pulp, LLC	Scalp	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Employees were restarting a digester after an acid cleaning. Hot liquor (300 degrees) was being introduced into the digester, but the valve to the acid tank was not closed, so hot liquor entered the acid tank and caused the lid on the fiberglass tank to blow. The hot liquid from the tank showered the injured employee, who suffered burns to the top of his head and was hospitalized.
2017-05-25	Jacksonville	Florida	Florida Rock & Tank Lines, Inc.	Face	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was preloading a truck when a valve either failed or accidentally opened and sulfuric acid sprayed his face, requiring hospitalization.
2017-05-20	Augusta	Georgia	RLJ Equity Partners, LLC	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was using a hose to transfer acid from a truck tank to a storage tank when the hose became dislodged from the tank, spraying acid compound on the employee. The employee suffered second degree burns to the chest, arms, and head.
2017-05-08	Tulsa	Oklahoma	HollyFrontier Tulsa Refining, LLC-Inspection Office	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
While climbing a ladder to an acid gas/ammonia gas drum platform, an employee missed the second rung from the top of the ladder and fell approximately 7 feet. The employee suffered a fractured hip and lacerated elbow.
2017-05-08	Willow Island	West Virgini	Cytec Solvay Group	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On May 8, 2017, at approximately 11:15 a.m., an employee was attempting to unload cyanuric chloride when the material became airborne and covered the employee's respirator mask, obstructing his vision. In an attempt to clear the mask, it was rinsed with water. The cyanuric chloride reacted with the water and became acidic. He removed his mask and suffered eye and skin irritation as well as breathing difficulties. He was later hospitalized for a chemical burn to the lungs.
2017-04-25	Big Spring	Texas	Alon USA, LP	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Employees were depressurizing a level bridle when the hose between the bridle and the flare system broke releasing hydrofluoric acid (HF). The two employees were exposed to the chemical vapor resulting in injury to their eyes, facial skin and lungs. Both employees were hospitalized.
2017-04-19	Lakeland	Florida	Keymark Corporation of Lakeland	Hand(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was transporting a pump used with hydrofluoric acid in a box. He was attempting to stop the pump from tipping over when he contacted the pump's acid residue, suffering chemical burns to his hand that required hospitalization.
2017-03-31	Clarksville	Arkansas	TYSON FOODS, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was hospitalized with allergic bronchitis due to a possible inhalation of peracetic acid (PAA).
2017-01-26	Ennis	Texas	Pencco, Inc.	Head, neck, and trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was moving totes of sulfuric acid with a forklift when a tote was accidentally punctured, causing the acid to spray out and burn the employee's neck, face, and chest.
2017-01-09	Felda	Florida	PARAMOUNT CHEMICALS & PLASTICS, INC.	Arm(s)	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was checking a tote that had a mix of sulfuric acid and chlorine when it exploded. Shrapnel from the tote amputated his right arm and partially severed his leg.
2017-01-04	Springfield	Ohio	Mercy Health	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was processing scopes in endoscopy. The cycle on the Steris machine finished and all safety checks and indicators completed and passed. The employee opened the lid to remove the scope and noticed some fumes (peracetic acid) coming from the machine. The employee had a burning sensation in the throat and lungs. Other employees assisted the employee out of the room into fresh air. The employee took a break and returned to work, but was having difficulty breathing. She was admitted to th
2016-10-23	Winder	Georgia	STEPAN COMPANY	Multiple face locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was blowing down a mist eliminator when the side glass broke and sprayed sulfuric acid onto the employee's face and right ear, causing acid burns that required hospitalization.