Incident date: 2016-10-07
NAICS industry code: 237990

On Friday, October 7, 2016, two employees were helping to decontaminate the blow down settling drum in the coker unit.  In order to remove the check valve, one employee had to hold the back up while the other loosened the check valve. As the employee began to loosen the check valve, it suddenly came off and product sprayed out of the line onto the two employees. As a result, one employee received burns to his face and hands, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to harmful substances or environments, unspecified
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate