Incident date: 2023-08-14
NAICS industry code: 325520

An employee was loading a mix tank with cyanoacrylate. The drum was elevated on a drum tipper with a plastic spout attached. The employee went to open the spout but the entire spout came out of the drum. The cyanoacrylate splashed onto the employee saturating the left sleeve of their shirt. The employee removed the saturated garment but had already sustained burns from the shirt adhering to their arm. The employee was hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate