Incident date: 2016-05-26
NAICS industry code: 423740

An employee was cutting a pipe when a water solution with ammonia came through the pipe and contacted the employee. The employee suffered a first degree burn to the right forearm, as well as trachea and esophageal irritation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Ammonia, anhydrous ammonia
code_nature: title: First degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate