Incident date: 2019-10-23
NAICS industry code: 325188

While loading a rail car with monomethylamine (MEA), a transfer operator wiped away sweat with glove covered hands. The gloves had become contaminated with monomethylamine. The employee began experiencing eye irritation and was hospitalized with chemical burns to the eyes.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Eye(s)
severity: moderate