Incident date: 2016-07-25
NAICS industry code: 541990

An employee was adjusting a halon fire bottle cable when the bottle discharged. His left wrist was exposed to the halon chemical, damaging his arteries and tendons and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate