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Rescue Rooter Fort Worth

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue — Irritant dermatitis-acute — FORT WORTH, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Rescue Rooter Fort Worth in FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Employer Rescue Rooter Fort Worth Report ID 2019087900
Address 3924 Birchman Ave City, State ZIP FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76107
Event Date August 1, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Irritant dermatitis-acute Body Part Nonclassifiable
Event Type Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue Source of Injury Pesticides and other agricultural chemicals, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238220 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.73000, -97.37000

Incident Narrative

An employee was digging in a customer's yard when he came into contact with pesticides that had been used to treat the yard. He developed a rash the next day and was hospitalized for dermatitis and cellulitis.

Incident Summary

On August 1, 2019, a worker at Rescue Rooter Fort Worth in FORT WORTH, TEXAS suffered irritant dermatitis-acute to the nonclassifiable. The incident was classified as exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, with pesticides and other agricultural chemicals, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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