Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 689513 - Employees chemically burned by lime

Accident Summary Nr: 689513 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 04/26/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2874964	04/30/1985	3111	0	Thru Blu Div Of Fred Rueping Leather Co

Abstract: Employees #1, #2, and #3, temporary laborers, were removing wet hides from a large mixer. The hides were being tanned with a liquid compound containing lime, sodium hydrosulfide, and sodium hydroxide. Over a two hour period, some of the liquid worked its way through the employees' clothing and rubber gloves. Their arms were abraded and the lime in the solution burned the lower layers of their skin. Employees #1, #2, and #3 were taken to the hospital, where Employee #3 was treated and released. Employees #1 and #2 were kept overnight.

Keywords: BURN, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, PPE, WORK RULES, LIME, CHEMICAL BURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2874964	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Laborers, except construction
2	2874964	Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Laborers, except construction
3	2874964	Non Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Laborers, except construction

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