Incident date: 2022-03-23
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was unpacking a shipment of 2.5-liter bottles of nitric acid in a 70% solution. A bottle struck a countertop and broke, and the nitric acid burned the employee's left hand and legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Nitric acid
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate