OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470595
CORNING GLASS WORKS
STATE COLLEGE, PA—
Event description
SPLASHED BY HYDROFLUORIC ACID
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED A PIT WHICH CONTAINED SEVERAL GALLONS OF SPILLED HYDROFLUORI C ACID. A SUMP PUMP WAS BEING USED TO TRANSFER THE ACID TO A STORAGE TANK. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 MOVED THE SUMP PUMP TO A LOWER AREA, THE DISCHARGE HOSE CAME LOOSE A ND SPRAYED EMPLOYEE #1 WITH HYDROFLUORIC ACID. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WEARING RUBBER GL OVES, RUBBER BOOTS AND A SCBA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BURNED BY THE ACID OVER 40% OF HI S BODY AND LATER DIED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Task assigned
- 1
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