Incident date: 2022-08-11
NAICS industry code: 562998

An employee was dispensing caustic soda from his truck to a tank. The soda contacted the employee's legs, and he was hospitalized with chemical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate