Incident date: 2022-07-25
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was unhooking a hose he had been using to fill drums with sodium hydroxide. When the hose was unhooked, a release of pressure caused the chemical to spray onto his face and burn his mouth and lips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple mouth locations
severity: moderate