Injured Young Worker Hazard Alert: Part-Time Fast Food Employee Suffers a Chemical Burn – “It Was Just So Much Pain.”

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  A part-time fast food employee suffered a chemical burn while cleaning the restaurant's grill when the chemical cleaner splashed out of a bucket and onto her hand. She was not wearing gloves and the cleaning product caused a second-degree burn with severe pain and blistering on her hand. "It was really painful; it was just so much pain that I just left for the hospital". She was rushed to the emergency room by a co-worker. Cleaning the grill was not part of her typical work duties, but she agreed to the task to help out a coworker. Full-time employees received training on how to use this particular product, but as a part-time employee she received no training. She was not informed that the product was hazardous and that the use of appropriate personal protective equipment (like natural, nitrile, or butyl rubber gloves) likely would have prevented her injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Food Handling Food Industry Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Protective Clothing Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Analysis Accidents Chemical Burns Chemical Cleaning Food Services Gloves Hand Protection Traumatic Injuries Young Workers
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060987
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 91-18-2014, 2014 Mar; :1
• Email:
  SHARP@Lni.wa.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Injured young worker hazard alert: part-time fast food employee suffers a chemical burn - "it was just so much pain"
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e5d0d9360ff7dbbf174d8a1be7fe8fb2478125cedd29d3b2140f88b1e2b0891bdac9b32b50434095d2d9a3b8daa32e8cebd5bceaf41261f23f4802311227b4ca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224700/cdc_224700_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 148.54 KB ]