Incident date: 2018-07-17
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was adding a bag of sodium thiosulfate to a storage tank containing sodium hypochlorite and a weak caustic solution. The bag fell into the tank and the liquid in the tank splashed onto the employee causing second degree burns to the right and left thigh, abdomen and left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate