Incident date: 2021-06-01
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee descended a ladder inside a barge tank to take depth measurements of the lining. About 2-3 rungs from the bottom of the ladder, he turned and jumped to leap over a puddle of liquid around an inside pump. The employee landed in the liquid, which splashed on his face and  eyes. The liquid was caustic and the employee suffered loss of vision in his right eye and third degree burns on his legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Barge
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate