Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170614069 - Employee loses partial vision in eye splashed with chemical

Accident Summary Nr: 170614069 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 04/10/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119762623	06/02/1995	1799	0	Ca Dept Of Transportation

Abstract: Employee #1, an equipment operator for the California Department of Transportation, was splitting a large chunk of concrete with a chemical rock splitter. Holes were drilled into the concrete and then filled with a chemical. Employee #1 had just finished filling a hole with the chemical and was standing over the hole when he removed his safety glasses to clean them. As he was putting his safety glasses back on, the chemical exploded and splashed into his right eye. He lost partial vision in that eye.

Keywords: EYE, WORK RULES, CHEMICAL REACTION, CHEMICAL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119762623			Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators

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