Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jost Chemical Company, 8150 Lackland Road, OVERLAND, MISSOURI 63114
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
The injured employee was working the 2nd shift (2:30pm - 11:00pm) packaging bags of lime (material). The employee's arms came in contact with the lime. He was later hospitalized.
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.
A maintenance employee was cutting a molded plastic platform using a handheld circular metal saw when he lost control and dropped the saw. The saw lacerated his right leg below the knee. He was hospitalized.
At approximately 12:45 p.m., on 23 July 2015, an employee was gathering nitric acid at 67% into an 8oz bottle. The employee filled the bottle and it splashed acid in
the employee's face, causing chemical burns.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.
An employee was removing a hose from a chemical tank after filling the tank with hexamethylenediamine (HMD). He checked the line to ensure that the hose was clear, then disconnected the hose at the connection. Residual chemical sprayed onto his face, causing a second-degree burn. He was hospitalized.
Two employees were moving a railcar (plastic pellet hopper car) using a mobile railcar mover. One employee was the engineer in control of the railcar mover and the injured employee was a switchman. The railcar mover went forward and the hopper railcar struck the injured employee, resulting in a severe crushing injury to the employee's right arm.
An employee was opening a filter housing in the potassium chloride production area and got sprayed with a hot solution of potassium chloride brine. The employee sustained thermal burns to their right hand and legs.
An employee was performing maintenance on a guillotine cutter machine. As the employee was placing a pin in the machine, his left middle fingertip was caught, resulting in a partial amputation to the finger. The machine was not locked out at the time.
An employee was readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was closing the side cargo door to a company van. The tip of his finger got caught between the door and the door jamb, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee lost his footing while climbing an inclined ladder. He stumbled down one step and was able to stabilize himself by holding the railing and twisting his body, but he suffered an internal abdominal injury and was hospitalized.