Incident date: 2016-08-11
NAICS industry code: 424690

An employee was attempting to transfer product from a partially filled drum to an empty drum. He placed a valve in the bung of the partially filled drum to complete the task. When he opened the valve to initiate the pour, the valve came off, and hexamethylenediamine splashed on him, causing first and second degree chemical burns to his face/upper body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate