Incident date: 2017-10-19
NAICS industry code: 311919

While cleaning a slicer head using chemicals, an employee pulled on a hose that released from a valve. Chemicals (caustic soda) then splashed the employee's face, causing a chemical burn near the eye.

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