Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at CHEMTRON CORPORATION
Start: 11/10/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201110625 · 11/10/2020 · CHEMTRON CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
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: CHEMTRON CORPORATION
Location: 35850 SCHNEIDER COURT, AVON, OHIO, 44011
NAICS: 562211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping clean out a pool of sodium hydroxide. While the employee was in the pool, the chemical entered the employee's boots (having broken the seal at the top of each boot) and burned the tops of the employee's feet. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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