Incident date: 2020-07-30
NAICS industry code: 325211

A maintenance employee was removing a level control valve when he was sprayed with Hexamethylenediamine (HMD). The contents of the pipe were under pressure and the liquid was hot, but less than 100 degrees Celsius. The employee sustained chemical burns and possibly thermal burns to his face and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate