Incident date: 2019-03-01
NAICS industry code: 211112

An employee stepped into a chemical spill guard filled with water and sodium hydroxide. The chemical got into his boot, causing a burn. He was hospitalized.

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: Lower extremities, unspecified
severity: moderate