Incident date: 2016-11-18
NAICS industry code: 335911

An employee was cleaning an exhaust flue and was exposed to sodium hydroxide. He received a chemical burn on his right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate