Incident date: 2022-02-28
NAICS industry code: 541330

Employees were mixing nitric acid and water in a lab. A chemical reaction caused a bottle of nitric acid to explode. Two employees were spattered with acid and glass, and both suffered chemical burns and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Bottles, jugs, flasks
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: low