Incident date: 2025-08-29
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cleaning a structural frame when an alkaline cleaner splashed the top of his leather boots. The chemical soaked through his boots, resulting in third-degree burns to the top of his feet. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Cleaning and polishing agents  unspecified
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate