Incident date: 2015-02-10
NAICS industry code: 334413

Employee was working in the Wets Tool Area which has hydrofluoric acid (HF) in the wafer and tool area.  The employee was exposed to HF and was sent to the Burn Unit in Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA.  The employee is scheduled for skin graft surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate