Incident date: 2017-03-15
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was providing assistance to a customer while using a caustic tank. The customer product inlet line had no shutoff valve and the product hose had a downward angle to the truck tank unloading pad. When the employee blew down the product hose, he was sprayed in the face by caustic sodium hydroxide solution, resulting in burns to his mouth, lips, and face.

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: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate