Incident date: 2021-08-23
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was changing a product transfer hose. Sodium hydroxide splashed onto the employee's face, eyes, and torso. The employee sustained chemical burn to the eye(s).

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: Eye(s)
severity: moderate