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Ineos Melamines LLC

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue — Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury — SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Ineos Melamines LLC in SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer Ineos Melamines LLC Report ID 2019010397
Address 730B Worcester Street City, State ZIP SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01151
Event Date January 13, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury Body Part Eye(s)
Event Type Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue Source of Injury Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
Industry (NAICS) 325510 Inspection # 1371623
GPS Coordinates 42.15000, -72.52000

Incident Narrative

An employee was splashed in the face with caustic soda, resulting in some of the material getting in his eye. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On January 13, 2019, a worker at Ineos Melamines LLC in SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS suffered swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury to the eye(s). The incident was classified as exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, with sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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