Incident date: 2025-04-28
NAICS industry code: 484110

On April 28, 2025, an employee was unhooking a chemical transfer hose from the unloading valve on a tanker trailer when 45% caustic potash liquid fell onto the employee's left boot, resulting in chemical burns to the employee's foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Lye, alkali metal hydroxides
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate