A Chemist Dies from Burns Caused by Mixing Chemicals

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• Personal Author:
  Cierpich, Hank ; Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A 56-year-old chemist received fatal chemical burns from mist released after he mixed sodium hydroxide with hydrogen peroxide. The victim was refilling a container of hydrogen peroxide with the incorrect chemical (sodium hydroxide) using a non-standard transfer procedure. The victim was not wearing any form of personal protective equipment (PPE). The employer did not have a safety and training program to address hazardous chemical handling, storage and use. The CA/FACE investigator determined that in order to prevent future incidents, employers who use hazardous chemicals in their work environment should ensure that specific safety and training programs are developed and implemented for the handling, storage, and use of hazardous chemicals.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Burns Laboratories Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety Safety Management Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Chemical-burns Injuries Injury-prevention Laboratory-techniques Laboratory-work OSHA Region 9 Protective-measures Safety-clothing Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Other ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE09CA004
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040825
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-110739
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 09CA004, 2010 Jan ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:459e3751c64c260dc38dee947155e5cedcc2850e0ac8408295cd2e4013992e7349ae5e40ea3583392012a6bdc27684a6771194f8d4d596076059d706408289ad
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165210/cdc_165210_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 265.97 KB ]