Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131296.015 - Employee is burned by nitric acid in laboratory

Accident Summary Nr: 131296.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 11/17/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1503789.015	11/24/2020		541380	Micro Analytical Laboratories, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:29 p.m. on November 17, 2020, an employee was preparing nitric acid to digest lead wipe samples. The employee was working in a fume hood and was transferring 96% concentrated nitric acid from one plastic 250 ml bottle to another plastic 250 ml bottle. The employee was splashed and burned by 96% concentrated nitric acid. The employee sustained chemical burns to the forehead, right eye and eyelid, neck, and right hand and wrist and was treated without hospitalization.

Keywords: Burn, Chemical Burn, Eye, Forehead, Hand, Laboratory, Lead, Neck, Nitric Acid, Splashed, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1503789.015	46	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Chemists, except biochemists

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