ELWOOD, NEBRASKA—
Crop Production Services
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Crop Production Services, Farm Field Section 28 8 N 21W , ELWOOD, NEBRASKA 68937 on — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the multiple face locations.
Final narrative
An employee was transferring chemicals from the tinder truck to the applicator when the transfer hose broke open and sprayed her face, especially her eyes, with 32% nitrogen, Acuron and Gramoxone SL. She was hospitalized.
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