Incident date: 2023-03-29
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was repairing a trash pump used to treat water for drilling and fracking. The trash pump vapor locked and the employee was trying to get the pump started when the hose ruptured and they were exposed to a 12.5% bleach solution. The employee sustained chemical burns to their arm and leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chlorine, chlorine bleach
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate