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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #784082

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CHEMICAL BURN,SPILL,ANKLE,CHEMICAL,FOOT,HOT WATER,LEG

Event
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CHEMICAL BURN,SPILL,ANKLE,CHEMICAL,FOOT,HOT WATER,LEG
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
784082
Report ID
452110

Event description

Employee sustains chemical burns on feet and legs

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was chemically cleaning dye residue from a rotary dye tub. He was in the dye tub house when chemicals and hot water splashed onto his right leg and foot and left foot and ankle, causing second-degree burns. The rotary dye tub wa s manufactured by the Macon Machine Company.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M

    Nature of injury
    4
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    14
    Source
    10
    Occupation code
    749
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    9
    Task assigned
    1

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