Incident date: 2017-09-14
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was applying chemical paint remover to a beam when the chemical got inside his sleeves and burned both arms. He was wearing PPE at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Paint removers, thinners
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate