Incident date: 2018-06-17
NAICS industry code: 424690

An employee was at the end of a trans-load (transferring from railcar to tanker truck) of nitric acid when a line broke, exposing him to nitric acid burns on his legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Nitric acid
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate