Incident date: 2018-03-26
NAICS industry code: 334419

An employee was filling a tank with nitric acid. The nitric acid sprayed out of the ball valve onto the employee's back and leg. The employee received second degree burns to the buttock area, requiring hospitalization.

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