Incident date: 2017-07-11
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was collecting household garbage and was walking behind a waste collection truck when an unknown chemical splashed on him as the hopper was being cycled. The chemical burned his ear, jaw, arm, and leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate