Incident date: 2019-02-07
NAICS industry code: 336370

An employee was splashed in the face with sodium hydroxide while repairing a transfer pump, suffering chemical burns to the face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate