Incident date: 2019-09-28
NAICS industry code: 325998

While on a ladder, an employee was going to do a line break on a 2-inch PVC line of bleach (16% sodium hypochlorite) in order to repair a leak. The line was 8 feet above the ground. When the 2-inch PVC  line was cut, the employee came in contact with the bleach, sustaining chemical burns on the upper body. The employee was hospitalized.

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