Incident date: 2017-10-09
NAICS industry code: 331420

An employee was turning a ball valve to allow sulfuric acid to gravity feed when the gasket in the ball valve failed and released acid. The acid contacted the employee, who suffered chemical burns.

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: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate