Incident date: 2022-10-31
NAICS industry code: 325199

An employee was making a batch of potassium iodide when a reaction occurred and it came out of the vessel. The employee sustained first-degree burns and lung irritation due to contact with the chemical.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Halogens and halogen compounds, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: First degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate