Incident date: 2016-02-07
NAICS industry code: 324199

An employee was repairing a leaking site glass containing caustic acid when the glass ruptured. The employee suffered thermal burns from the wrist to the shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate