Incident date: 2022-04-29
NAICS industry code: 325520

On April 29, 2022, an employee was obtaining a batch of hot undercoating chemical from a tank located in the tank farm retaining area. The employee was holding a quart-size can of hot liquid chemical while walking down a cross-over ladder and slipped and fell to the ground. The hot liquid chemical splashed onto the employee, causing burns to their face, neck, and arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Ladders-fixed
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate