Incident date: 2019-04-30
NAICS industry code: 325188

An employee was transferring hydrogen chloride (HCl) from one container to another when the HCl sprayed into the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized for inhalation burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Hydrogen chloride, hydrochloric acid
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate