Incident date: 2021-01-20
NAICS industry code: 325998

When an employee released the ears from a transfer hose connection, a mixture of hot water and caustic soda was released from the hose and burned the employee's left thigh and hand.

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: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate