Incident date: 2015-09-01
NAICS industry code: 325188

An employee was removing 1" piping from a reactor vessel for cleaning purposes. While removing the piping with a wrench tool, nitric acid leaked from the system and caused chemical burns to the employee's face and both arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Nitric acid
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate