Incident date: 2025-03-07
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was hooking up a chemical hose to an air diaphragm pump when the discharge air disconnected the hose from the pump. The employee was splashed with distillate byproduct (95% water and 3% or less phenol-formaldehyde) on their face, wrist, forearm, right knee, and right side of their stomach. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Multiple flammable and combustible liquids and solids
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate