Exposure through intact tissue · Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brite Clean Chicago, 2316 W. 167th Street, MARKHAM, ILLINOIS 60426
on , Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified, affecting the trunk and other upper extremities.
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Final narrative
An employee was changing the tank cleaning hose from the 10% sodium hydroxide/water vat mixture to the hot water vat. A valve was opened, which caused sodium hydroxide cleaning product to spray onto the employee's forearms and stomach. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns.
HospitalizedTrunk and other upper extremitiesLye, alkali metal hydroxides