Incident date: 2017-09-29
NAICS industry code: 213112

The employee added a liquid drain cleaner to the casing check valve to remove scale build up. The employee opened the system and hit the hammer union between two ball valves to relieve pressure that caused residual chemical in the line to splash back onto the employee's face and body. The employee suffered chemical burns to the face and body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Drain and oven cleaners
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate