Incident date: 2015-12-14
NAICS industry code: 325211

After cleaning a process kettle with methanol and water, an employee emptied the tank and filled it with phenol.  The employee then began to remove the plug and was splashed with phenol, suffering chemical burns to the right thigh, stomach, and face.

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