Second degree chemical burns and corrosions

Name: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions at ITW Professional Automative Products
Start: 3/30/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018033077 · 3/30/2018 · ITW Professional Automative Products

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Acids, unspecified
Secondary source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves

Employer

Name: ITW Professional Automative Products
Location: 3606 Craftsman Blvd., LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33803
NAICS: 441310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was cleaning the production floor with acidic chemicals. He was pouring the chemical into a bucket to dilute it when it entered a hole in his glove and contacted his finger, causing a second degree burn that required hospitalization and a skin graft.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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