Incident date: 2022-04-13
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was cleaning a clogged drain with an acid drain cleaner. After the employee poured in the cleaner, there was a blast and the employee was exposed to acidic vapors. The employee suffered chemical burns to the throat and skin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
code_source: title: Sulfuric acid
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate