Incident date: 2020-06-08
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was taking apart a flange to a 2-inch pipe. Alkaline product inside the pipe sprayed onto his forehead, upper chest, and abdomen. He suffered chemical burns in those areas, including third-degree burns to the chest and abdomen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Alkalies, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate