Incident date: 2015-01-18
NAICS industry code: 488510

Employee was offloading customer hoses at facility and attempted to remove the cap off of a hose. The hose still maintained some pressure, and when the employee removed the cap, Styrene splashed onto the employee's face and midsection. The employee was sent to the hospital and was admitted overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Styrene
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate