Incident date: 2018-10-19
NAICS industry code: 336399

An employee was monitoring a plating tank when the employee tried to retrieve a part that fell into the tank. The employee came in contact with the plating solution (hexavalent chromium) and suffered an infection.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chromium and compounds
code_nature: title: Cellulitis and abscess
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate