Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Reilly Plating Company, Inc.
Start: 7/28/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021076268 · 7/28/2021 · Reilly Plating Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
Source: Grates and drains in floor surface
Secondary source: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space

Employer

Name: Reilly Plating Company, Inc.
Location: 130 Alden Road, NANTICOKE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18634
NAICS: 332813
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 7/28/2021, an employee was cleaning up product on a powder coating line that had crashed into a support grate. The product pulled the support grate, which caused the employee's left leg to fall into a tank of iron phosphate up to their knee and resulted in chemical burns to their lower left leg.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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