Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GE Lighting, 1099 Ivannoe Rd., CLEVELAND, OHIO 44110
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was vacuum filtering a 49-percent hydrofluoric acid solution in a lab hood when the hydrofluoric acid was pulled through a vacuum pump during filtration. The employee inhaled the fumes, and her right ear and head were contacted by the solution.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
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