Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Start: 12/5/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201211425 · 12/5/2020 · U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Location: 10700 27TH AVE S, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98168
NAICS: 491110
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

While working in the maintenance shop, an employee's jacket caught the spout of a bottle of chemical floor stripper, spilling the chemical on his pants. Later that evening the employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to the leg.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown