Incident date: 2019-03-13
NAICS industry code: 332813

A temporary employee was working at the plating line to prepare parts for the plating process. He was dipping hooks into a bath solution to remove oil from their surfaces for further production handling. His left hand was pulled into a hot (180 degrees) 4% caustic solution bath and suffered second degree burns. The employee was wearing gloves at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate