Incident date: 2015-04-23
NAICS industry code: 325998

Two employees were using a forklift to lift a chemical tote bag that was being used to blend chemicals together. A chemical reaction occurred, causing the chemicals in the tote bag to spill out over the top of the tote and onto the employees who were underneath. Both employees were hospitalized with chemical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: low