Incident date: 2016-04-08
NAICS industry code: 622110

On April 8, 2016, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a maintenance employee was standing on a stepladder, working above the ceiling. The employee was using PVC cutters to cut into a clogged pipe. When the pipe was cut, a corrosive liquid showered onto the employee's head, face, and arms. The employee received chemical burns and was hospitalized

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: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate