Incident date: 2025-02-12
NAICS industry code: 541380

Employees were pulling a chemical sample from a device (sample port). The sample wouldn't come out because there were two samples in the port. The employees then turned off and deenergized the machine to 0 pounds per square inch. They unscrewed the top of the machine to retrieve the stuck samples when a small amount of pressure caused liquid to squirt out and onto one of the employee's face shields as the lid was removed. The employee was hospitalized due to chemical exposure.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to harmful substances  unspecified
code_source: title: General chemical products  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate