Incident date: 2024-05-15
NAICS industry code: 541330

Two employees were drilling geotechnical borings and were exposed to chemicals just below the soil subsurface. They both sustained chemical burns to multiple extremities, potentially due to black liquor, and were both hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals, hazardous materials  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: low