OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #778035
NORTH LAYTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL
LAYTON, UT·
Event description
Employees sustain chemical burns while cleaning ovens
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2, cooks in a school cafeteria, were using Oven Brite, an oven cleaner, to clean ovens. They have six ovens to clean each week and they clean one a day. The caustic oven cleaner contains butyl cellosolve and glycol ether a nd has a pH factor of 14. The oven cleaner should be diluted with between 5 to 1 0 parts water. The employees were wearing household rubber gloves and spraying t he cleaner on the inside of the ovens. The cleaner got on their forearms and the y sustained chemical burns. The procedure is now for the cleaner to be brushed i nto the ovens.
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 F
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 439
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0435
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 F
- Nature of injury
- 4
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 10
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 439
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 9
- Hazardous substance
- 0435
- Task assigned
- 1
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