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Dow, Inc

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue — Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia — FREEPORT, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Dow, Inc in FREEPORT, TEXAS
Employer Dow, Inc Report ID 2022109492
Address 565 Midway Rd., PMDI Facility (Plant A) City, State ZIP FREEPORT, TEXAS 77541
Event Date October 29, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue Source of Injury Aromatics, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 325110 Inspection # 1631532
GPS Coordinates 29.02000, -95.27000

Incident Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a hose from an ISO container when a stream of waste chemicals, which included aniline, flowed out from the ISO container and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized with aniline poisoning.

Incident Summary

On October 29, 2022, a worker at Dow, Inc in FREEPORT, TEXAS suffered poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia to the body systems. The incident was classified as exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, with aromatics, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 653 severe injury reports involving "Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue" incidents in our database. Browse all Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue injuries.

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