Incident date: 2023-07-31
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was switching out the strainer basket on a digestion unit. As they removed all the flange bolts and tapped on the flange, 90-degree Celsius sodium hydroxide was released, spraying the employee. They sustained chemical and thermal burns to their right arm and abdomen.

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: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate