Incident date: 2019-12-12
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was changing out a liquor gun for a recovery boiler when black liquor (caustic-type material) contacted the employee's face. He was hospitalized with second degree burns to the face and upper chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate