Incident date: 2015-10-19
NAICS industry code: 325211

An employee was using nitrogen air to purge particles from a vessel. The chemical spray used to purge the vessel got on the employee's wrist and face. The employee sustained a chemical burn to the left wrist.

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