Incident date: 2023-03-08
NAICS industry code: 332813

An employee was setting up an anodizing line and adding sulfuric acid via a pipe delivery system used in the anodizing tanks. When the employee opened the delivery valve on the sulfuric acid piping system, a valve fitting failed, causing sulfuric acid to spray onto the employee. They sustained chemical burns to the chest, stomach, lower neck, arm, and leg.

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