Incident date: 2024-07-15
NAICS industry code: 488999

An employee was washing a tank wagon. They opened a pressurized vessel and were sprayed with sodium hydroxide, resulting in burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Lye, alkali metal hydroxides
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate