Incident date: 2025-06-02
NAICS industry code: 325199

An employee was conducting a quality control measure by taking a chemical sample for lab analysis. When the employee was opening the sample point, it broke off and crude 2-Ethylhexyl thioglycolate (EHTG) shot out at 265 degrees, and it covered the employee's legs and right arm and splashed the right side of their face. The employee was hospitalized with first- and second-degree burns to their right thigh, lower right knee, inner left thigh, and upper left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Nonflammable Liquids and Solids  unspecified
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate