Incident date: 2021-06-20
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was unhooking a hose on a chemical reel car. The employee was sprayed with sodium hydroxide and suffered chemical burns to the mouth.

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: Mouth, unspecified
severity: moderate