Incident date: 2021-04-10
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was adding metal to bins in a chrome plating hot water bath. The employee fell into a 148-degree solution of 6 percent sulfuric acid up to the waist; the employee suffered second-degree burns to the legs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Sulfuric acid
code_nature: title: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate