Incident date: 2025-05-07
NAICS industry code: 562211

An employee was unloading a truckload of sulfuric acid/soda ash water mixture at a water treatment plant. Residual mixture in a hose cap spilled onto his right forearm, burning it. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Sulfuric acid
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate