Incident date: 2018-09-11
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was pushing an air conditioner on an assembly line when he bumped a valve with his right shoulder. The valve then opened and sprayed refrigerant onto his right back area, causing chemical burns.

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: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate