Incident date: 2019-01-31
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was changing the fluid flow through piping when an expansion joint on a pump failed, allowing chemical to contact the employee. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to the hand and legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate