Incident date: 2025-08-23
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was unloading sodium hydroxide from a tanker car. The hose connecting the tank and the tanker truck ruptured. The chemical sprayed onto the employee, who suffered burns to the face and legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Lye, alkali metal hydroxides
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate