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Cleaver Brooks Sales and Service

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified — NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Cleaver Brooks Sales and Service in NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
Employer Cleaver Brooks Sales and Service Report ID 2019010852
Address 698 S. Walnut Avenue City, State ZIP NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS 78130
Event Date January 24, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified Body Part Eye(s)
Event Type Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue Source of Injury Chlorine compounds, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Boilers
Industry (NAICS) 811310 Inspection # 1375710
GPS Coordinates 29.68000, -98.12000

Incident Narrative

An employee had installed a flapper valve on a fresh water tank on a boiler. He was standing next to the pipe release valve when the valve turned on and potassium chloride sprayed into the employee's eyes causing chemical burns.

Incident Summary

On January 24, 2019, a worker at Cleaver Brooks Sales and Service in NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS suffered chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified to the eye(s). The incident was classified as exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, with chlorine compounds, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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