AVON, OHIO—
CHEMTRON CORPORATION
Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at CHEMTRON CORPORATION, 35850 SCHNEIDER COURT, AVON, OHIO 44011 on — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was helping clean out a pool of sodium hydroxide. While the employee was in the pool, the chemical entered the employee's boots (having broken the seal at the top of each boot) and burned the tops of the employee's feet. The employee was hospitalized.
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