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Do You Want Soda (Caustic) With That?

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Allan

Allan Report 23 May 2013 22:17

Someone in my home area is in BIG trouble

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/breaking-news/people-get-caustic-burns-at-chook-shop/story-fnhrvfuw-1226649016644

This happened on Wednesday evening

:-( :-(

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 23 May 2013 22:26

I have seen caustic soda take the skin off a man's leg right down to the bone and the liquid went right through his jeans.

Nasty for the adults and especially for the children..
Hope they all recover ok.

GenealogyResearchAssistance

GenealogyResearchAssistance Report 23 May 2013 22:28

That's horrendous, :-(

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SueMaid

SueMaid Report 23 May 2013 22:34

I can't see how such a mistake could be made. I hope it wasn't done deliberately by a disgruntled employee :-(

Allan

Allan Report 23 May 2013 22:39

Sue, I don't know about this particular store, but when I worked for the Bunbury Council many years ago, the fast food outlets at the time each had a separate external store where all cleaning materials were kept

The council will be down on the store like a ton of bricks, but will also need to explain about approval of current storage arrangements.

The young age of the employees and mangers does not help matters

SueMaid

SueMaid Report 23 May 2013 22:44

I agree with the age of employees and manager in fast food outlets. I really hope that a young one isn't responsible - what a dreadful start to a person's working life.

terryj

terryj Report 23 May 2013 23:00

i remember something similer happening in a supermarket cafe a while back ithink it was cleaning fluid left in the coffee machine

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Mersey

Mersey Report 23 May 2013 23:04

That's so awful

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Allan

Allan Report 24 May 2013 00:40

I wonder if someone has confused Sodium Hydroxide with Sodium Chloride :-S

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 24 May 2013 02:11

Do you know that caustic soda is in most detergents used in dishwashers?

That's why you should NEVER put wooden spoons in the dishwasher, they absorb the caustic soda.

Dermot

Dermot Report 24 May 2013 07:22

What's a 'dishwasher'?

wisechild

wisechild Report 24 May 2013 07:29

ME. ;-) ;-)