Incident date: 2019-03-13
NAICS industry code: 325199

An opened valve sprayed hot, hexamethylene diamine (HMD) onto an employee, causing second-degree burns. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate