Incident date: 2019-05-13
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was pumping down an existing refrigeration line set in a mechanical room when there was a release of liquid refrigerant. While working to stop the release, the employee received burns to the right hand, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with cold objects or substances
code_source: title: Fluorotrichloromethane
code_nature: title: Other burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate