Incident date: 2017-01-08
NAICS industry code: 211111

An employee and a coworker were simultaneously pouring two 5-gallon buckets of 34% hydrogen peroxide and a catalyst down a floor drain when a violent chemical reaction occurred, exposing them to gases and corrosive liquid chemicals. The employee was hospitalized with first and second degree burns to the face, neck, and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate