Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at QPS Employment Group, Inc.
Start: 8/24/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088782 · 8/24/2018 · QPS Employment Group, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s)
Nature of injury: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate

Employer

Name: QPS Employment Group, Inc.
Location: Impact Confections, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
NAICS: 561320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While an employee was sanitizing hard candy tumblers, a bucket of sodium hydroxide cleaner spilled and the chemical splashed onto the legs of his coveralls and jeans. It soaked through, burning his knees. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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