Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Regal Cinemas, 165 Bricktown Way, STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK 10309
on — Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a nozzle on a soda machine. Cleaning solution splashed in the employee's right eye, irritating it.
HospitalizedEye(s)Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
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