Incident date: 2015-10-01
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was performing maintenance, removing manifold gauges from a residential air conditioning unit. The employee unscrewed the gauges and the liquid refrigerant sprayed onto the employee's hands. The employee suffered chemical burns to the left palm, four left fingers, and the right index finger, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Fluorotrichloromethane
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate