Incident date: 2023-10-23
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee knelt in wet concrete while performing work as a concrete finisher and sustained a chemical burn to the right shin. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Cement, mortar mix-wet
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate