Incident date: 2020-08-24
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was applying brush-on paint stripper to a concrete wall. Paint stripper ran into his glove and contacted his forearm. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to the forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate