Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at DJR Associates, LLC
Start: 12/6/2021

1 hospitalization · 20211210444 · 12/6/2021 · DJR Associates, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to slipping
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified

Employer

Name: DJR Associates, LLC
Location: 1349 Old Highway 41, Suite 200, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, 30060
NAICS: 325612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was driving a forklift in the warehouse when he punctured a tote of caustic. As he was cleaning up the spill, he slipped and fell into the caustic and it burned his legs and ankles. The employee was hospitalized. Another employee was using a bucket to help clean up the caustic spill; when he set the bucket down, caustic entered his right eye. The second employee was not hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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