Incident date: 2021-06-05
NAICS industry code: 531312

An employee sat on a bucket, which had potassium hydroxide on the lid. The employee suffered a chemical burn and was hospitalized, requiring a skin graft.

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: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate