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Rochester Overnight Plating LLC

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified — ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Rochester Overnight Plating LLC in ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
Employer Rochester Overnight Plating LLC Report ID 2015063930
Address 2 Cairn Street City, State ZIP ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14611
Event Date June 20, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue Source of Injury Cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 332813 Inspection # 1073278
GPS Coordinates 43.14000, -77.65000

Incident Narrative

An employee was changing a chemical in a cleaning tank on a plating line when the tank exploded. The chemical, Sirprep 309EC, is an electrical cleaner; it contacted the employee, and he suffered serious chemical burns on 20 percent of his body.

Incident Summary

On June 20, 2015, a worker at Rochester Overnight Plating LLC in ROCHESTER, NEW YORK suffered chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, with cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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