Incident date: 2021-12-03
NAICS industry code: 484121

The employee was doing his prehaul checks on a tanker-trailer load that was 70 percent sulfuric acid. He went to hook up the tanker to the trailer. He removed the end cap of the trailer to check that it was not leaking. Sulfuric acid sprayed onto his body from a leaking valve, causing chemical burns to his right arm, his eyes, the top of his stomach, and his back.

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