Incident date: 2018-06-03
NAICS industry code: 325180

An employee was standing between two digesters drawing a sample from one digester when the hot copper sulfate solution erupted from the other digester and splashed onto the employee's back. The employee sustained third degree burns on their back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate