Highway Transport/Georgia Golf Corpation

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified — ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Highway Transport/Georgia Golf Corpation in ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI
Employer Highway Transport/Georgia Golf Corpation Report ID 20191112168
Address 715 Highway 25 South City, State ZIP ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI 39730
Event Date November 23, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified Body Part Nonclassifiable
Event Type Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue Source of Injury Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
Secondary Source Valves, nozzles
Industry (NAICS) 488210 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 33.81000, -88.55000

Incident Narrative

An employee was transferring sodium hydroxide solution from a bulk liquid tank. An external valve failed and the solution sprayed onto the employee, causing a chemical burn.

Incident Summary

On November 23, 2019, a worker at Highway Transport/Georgia Golf Corpation in ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI suffered chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified to the nonclassifiable. 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.

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