Incident date: 2022-08-16
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was taking pH readings for a spill of liquid phosphoric acid. He slipped on the spilled acid, fell into a sump pump pit, and then fell into the acid pool. He sustained burns to the lower legs and hands and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Confined spaces, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate