Incident date: 2022-03-27
NAICS industry code: 112210

An employee was moving a 250-gallon tote of sodium hydroxide with a forklift. When the employee lifted the tote, the load shifted and fell forward into the building. The employee was attempting to pick up the lid that had fallen off of the tote when they were splashed with sodium hydroxide, resulting in chemical burns on their left scapula and the back of their left arm.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate