OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001452
CAMELOT CLEANERS
DES MOINES, IA·
Event description
Employee suffers infected finger after chemical burn
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 poured a rust removing product containing hydrofluoric acid onto a s pot and rubbed the spot with her finger. No one recalls her complaining of pain, but presumably the acid got under her fingernail, resulting in a burn that beca me infected. An accurate account of the accident is unavailable because neither Employee #1 nor her coworkers is still employed by the company. Only the store m anager knew about the accident.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 F
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 1460
- Task assigned
- 1
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