Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., LTD. dba PSSI

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — DEER PARK, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., LTD. dba PSSI in DEER PARK, TEXAS
Employer Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., LTD. dba PSSI Report ID 2022098371
Address 612 Georgia Ave City, State ZIP DEER PARK, TEXAS 77536
Event Date September 21, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Eye(s)
Event Type Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue Source of Injury Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 561720 Inspection # 1625636
GPS Coordinates 29.70000, -95.13000

Incident Narrative

An employee was spraying a cleaning chemical foam in a hallway. The hose came loose, spraying chemicals in the employee's eye. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On September 21, 2022, a worker at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc., LTD. dba PSSI in DEER PARK, TEXAS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the eye(s). The incident was classified as exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, with cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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