Incident date: 2022-09-22
NAICS industry code: 324110

Two employees were performing routine maintenance activities on instrumentation equipment when a caustic line going into an instrument began to release sodium hydroxide and propane, resulting in burns to the face and upper body due to contact with sodium hydroxide. Both employees were hospitalized.

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: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: low