Incident date: 2022-04-07
NAICS industry code: 213112

On April 7, 2022, an employee was conducting a high-pressure wash of a frack tank when oil and gas frack water entered their eyes, resulting in blindness in the right eye. An eyewash station was not available at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate