Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201148210 - Employee's Foot Is Burned by Chemicals

Accident Summary Nr: 201148210 -- Report ID: 0950637 -- Event Date: 10/01/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309296697	10/03/2006	2911	324110	Bp/Arco Petroleum Products Carson

Abstract: At approximately 2:45 p.m. on October 1, 2006, Employee #1 was a maintenance worker, walking through a process unit in a petroleum refinery. He was going to repair a process leak on a 2-in., 300-lb flange. He was injured when he walked through a mixture of naphtha, mercaptan, sodium hypochlorite, and water, and the liquids entered his boot through a crack in the left sole. He was hospitalized for a second degree chemical burn.

Keywords: BURN, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, PPE, NAPHTHA, CHEMICAL, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309296697			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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