Incident date: 2016-07-06
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was preparing to make a batch when the pressure inside a plugged pipe caused the area around the pipe flange to fail. The chemical (acrylic acid) inside the pipe then splashed the employee's face, burning it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Acids, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate