Incident date: 2018-03-15
NAICS industry code: 325110

An employee was performing maintenance on a pump. While pressure testing the pump before returning it to service, he was splashed with 93% sulfuric acid, receiving chemical burns to his thigh area and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Sulfuric acid
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate