Incident date: 2021-06-17
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was unloading a tanker full of chemicals into a storage tank. During this process, a pipe at the base of the tank broke and the chemical began running into the containment chamber. One of the employee's attempted to plug the leak with a piece of wood when the air pressure caused the material to discharge in a vaporized form. A second employee entered the area to offer their assistance. Both employees suffered irritation to their respiratory systems and eyes. One employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified
code_source: title: Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate