Incident date: 2024-05-28
NAICS industry code: 331422

An employee was assisting with inserting wire into a nitric acid bath. The wire was pulled out and made a splash causing the employee to inhale the nitric acid vapors. The employee was hospitalized with injury to their lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
code_source: title: Nitric acid
code_nature: title: Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate