Incident date: 2018-01-17
NAICS industry code: 321212

An employee was splashed in the face with caustic material as he was filling a holding tank. He was hospitalized with burns to the face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate