Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Rob Salamida Company, 71 Pratt Avnue, JOHNSON CITY, NEW YORK 13790
on — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was inside a vinegar vat for maintenance purposes. He was standing on a ladder, entering the space, and wearing a respirator when he was overcome and fell from the ladder into the vat. He was hospitalized for chemical burns to his lungs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersAcetic acid, vinegar
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