PASADENA, TEXAS—
Qualawash Holdings LLC
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Anemia and other diseases of the blood and blood forming organs
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Qualawash Holdings LLC, 5100 Underwood Drive, PASADENA, TEXAS 77507 on — Anemia and other diseases of the blood and blood forming organs, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
While cleaning a liquid bulk tank truck, an employee made dermal contact with aniline and was hospitalized for methemoglobinemia.
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