Incident date: 2022-09-24
NAICS industry code: 621511

On September 24, 2022, two employees were cleaning an aseptic processor room. When a stainless steel filter housing lid clamp was removed, sodium hydroxide solution heated to 170 degrees escaped and sprayed out onto the two employees. One of them suffered second-degree burns to the arms and shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: moderate