Incident date: 2019-12-01
NAICS industry code: 311211

An employee was performing maintenance duties on a check valve when the valve failed, causing chemical to shoot out at the employee. The employee received second degree chemical burns to the face and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Sulfuric acid
code_nature: title: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate