Incident date: 2022-05-24
NAICS industry code: 334519

A chemist was finishing a reaction. He added paraformaldehyde to a Grignard solution in a 5-liter glass jacketed reactor. The reaction mixture over-pressurized and the reactor shattered, spreading shards of glass throughout the room. The chemist sustained lacerations to the chest and thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bottles, jugs, flasks
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate