Incident date: 2015-03-12
NAICS industry code: 423990

When an employee disconnected a rinse hose connection from his truck, residual ammonium hydroxide (liquid ammonia) sprayed him in the face and got in his mouth. He was wearing chemical resistant gloves, goggles, and coveralls. His injuries include a minor burn to his lower lip and a 1/2-inch white patch on the tip of his tongue.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ingestion of harmful substance
code_source: title: Ammonia and ammonium compounds, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple mouth locations
severity: moderate