OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #784082
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CHEMICAL BURN,SPILL,ANKLE,CHEMICAL,FOOT,HOT WATER,LEG
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
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#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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