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 Prairieland FS, Inc., 1132 Veterans Drive, JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS 62650
on — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was filling anhydrous ammonia tanks. He set the fill hose down on a riser, climbed down the steps of the riser dock to ground level, and picked up the fill hose. The valve opened and released liquid anhydrous ammonia, which sprayed down onto his feet. He suffered burns to both feet and was hospitalized.
An employee was performing maintenance on an ammonia wagon when a valve opened, spraying the employee in the face and causing them to inhale ammonia. The employee suffered inhalation chemical burns.
An employee had been filling anhydrous tanks when a valve released anhydrous ammonia liquid and vapor. The employee's googles were blown away from their face and the employee sustained burns and blisters to the face, eyes, and mouth.
On July 6, 2018, an employee was stepping off of a sprayer that was being refueled when the employee stumbled and rolled an ankle. The employee's ankle fractured and required hospitalization.
An employee fell to the ground while suspended from a sprayer boom, suffering a concussion, two broken teeth, fractured bones around the sinuses, and a sprained wrist.
On November 27, 2023, an employee was emptying a 2-inch product line that transports sodium hydroxide liquid from a rail car to a 275-gallon tote tank. The nozzle came out of the tote and sprayed sodium hydroxide onto the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to their face, mouth, and neck.
An employee was working with sulfuric acid as part of the production process. While transferring the chemical from a large container to a smaller container, it splashed on his body and hand, resulting in a chemical burn.
An employee knelt in wet concrete while performing work as a concrete finisher and sustained a chemical burn to the right shin. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was using a 5-gallon bucket to unload acid product from a tank. Residual product leaked into the containment area, causing the employee to sustain first- and second-degree burns to the chest, as well as third-degree burns to the arms.
An employee was transferring an alkaline cleaning chemical from a bulk container into 1-gallon containers. The employee lifted a gallon container by its label tag. The tag broke causing the container to fall approximately 14-18 inches. The container struck the ground and the contents splashed onto the employee causing chemical burns to their eyes.
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