Incident date: 2024-10-30
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was changing the tank cleaning hose from the 10% sodium hydroxide/water vat mixture to the hot water vat. A valve was opened, which caused sodium hydroxide cleaning product to spray onto the employee's forearms and stomach. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Lye, alkali metal hydroxides
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate