Incident date: 2015-07-28
NAICS industry code: 561910

An employee was pumping the chemical sump into a tote. He was attempting to connect a 1 in. hose to a portable sump pump via a hose clamp. He plugged the sump pump in before tightening the hose clamp, causing the connection to break and the chemicals to spray into his face. The employee was taken to the hospital and released. The employee is receiving medical treatment.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate