Incident date: 2025-02-20
NAICS industry code: 611310

A student employee was working in a fume hood with trifluoroacetic acid solution. The bottle dropped/fell while they were working with it and the acid splashed up, hitting the student employee in the chin/face and causing chemical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Corrosive acids  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Ears and facial region  unspecified
severity: moderate