Fall on same level due to slipping · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at DJR Associates, LLC, 1349 Old Highway 41, Suite 200, MARIETTA, GEORGIA 30060
on — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was driving a forklift in the warehouse when he punctured a tote of caustic. As he was cleaning up the spill, he slipped and fell into the caustic and it burned his legs and ankles. The employee was hospitalized. Another employee was using a bucket to help clean up the caustic spill; when he set the bucket down, caustic entered his right eye. The second employee was not hospitalized.
HospitalizedAnkle(s) and leg(s), unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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