Incident date: 2017-04-22
NAICS industry code: 722513

An employee was cleaning casters (wheels for carts) in a container filled with a solution of water and "soak tank charger." While cleaning the casters the solution splashed onto the employee's left elbow and right ankle. The employee was hospitalized with third degree chemical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate