Incident date: 2017-12-17
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was replacing a seal on a pipe containing caustic chemicals when excess chemicals squirted the employee's face and caused chemical burns.

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