Incident date: 2022-02-25
NAICS industry code: 424720

An employee was loading a truck with caustic potash. A valve gasket failed and sprayed the employee with the caustic potash, resulting in burns to their face, back, chest, and head.

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: Head and trunk
severity: moderate