Incident date: 2023-01-11
NAICS industry code: 484220

An employee was rinsing a tanker. He opened the valve and his pants were sprayed with sodium hydroxide, resulting in chemical burns on his legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate