Incident date: 2025-02-13
NAICS industry code: 325199

An employee was rebuilding a valve. He started to apply steam to the valve when there was a release of hydrogen fluoride and tar. The employee sustained burns to their right cheek and loss of vision in the right eye.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Hydrofluoric acid
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
severity: moderate