Incident date: 2025-06-04
NAICS industry code: 334416

An employee was preparing to remove enamel from copper leads by soaking them in a liter container of formic acid when one of the bottles fell. The employee was splashed with formic acid, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to his face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Carboxylic acids, acetic acid
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  second degree
code_body: title: Ears and facial region  unspecified
severity: moderate