Incident date: 2022-08-14
NAICS industry code: 221310

An employee was trying to secure a clamp connecting a hose to a tank. The hose separate from the tank, and the employee was sprayed with a solution of water and 4 percent sodium hydroxide. The employee suffered irritation to the face and right eye.

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: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate