Incident date: 2016-04-15
NAICS industry code: 524114

An employee was changing the cassette in a large commercial kitchen dishwasher when the solution inside the dishwasher spilled out onto the employee's feet. The employee suffered a chemical burn and was hospitalized with an infection.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
severity: moderate