Incident date: 2025-05-09
NAICS industry code: 325211

Two employees were removing a discharge hose on a portable pump. A 50% caustic solution sprayed onto the employees, one of whom suffered burns to the eyes as well as an abrasion to the side of the body where the hose struck them. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Corrosive bases  unspecified
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate