Incident date: 2021-02-22
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was walking by a railcar commodity offloading area. A 2-inch rubber hose funneling phenol into a 55-gallon drum became dislodged from the drum and sprayed liquid phenol onto the employee. He was hospitalized, having suffered second-degree chemical burns to the back of his neck and first-degree chemical burns to his face and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Phenol
code_nature: title: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate