Texas Quality Beverage
Ingestion of harmful substance — Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders — FORT WORTH, TEXAS
| Employer | Texas Quality Beverage | Report ID | 2017077002 |
| Address | 1330 Park Vista Blvd. | City, State ZIP | FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76117 |
| Event Date | July 26, 2017 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders | Body Part | Multiple mouth locations |
| Event Type | Ingestion of harmful substance | Source of Injury | Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate |
| Industry (NAICS) | 312111 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.87000, -97.27000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was conducting a taste-odor-appearance test when caustic soda that was still in the system entered her mouth, causing a burning sensation and swelling to her lips and tongue.
Incident Summary
On July 26, 2017, a worker at Texas Quality Beverage in FORT WORTH, TEXAS suffered multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders to the multiple mouth locations. The incident was classified as ingestion of harmful substance, with sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 74 severe injury reports involving "Ingestion of harmful substance" incidents in our database. Browse all Ingestion of harmful substance injuries.
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