Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103443.015 - Employee is splashed by corrosive and sustains chemical burn

Accident Summary Nr: 103443.015 -- Report ID: 0551701 -- Event Date: 01/24/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1293453.015	01/29/2018		611310	University Of Illinois - Abbott Power Plant

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on January 24, 2018, an employee was opening windows to ventilate the work area. The employee placed a one-gallon container of corrosive (Calci-Solve) on the floor before opening the windows. The employee kicked the bottle of corrosives while returning to the workstation causing it to splash onto his face and under his safety glasses into his eyes. The employee sustained burns to the face and eyes and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Burn, Corrosive, Eye, Face, PPE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1293453.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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