Incident date: 2015-07-23
NAICS industry code: 922140

An employee tasked with cleaning out a floor drain on a common floor area was injured when the chemical used to unclog the drain blew back into his face. PPE was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Drain and oven cleaners
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate