Incident date: 2015-05-06
NAICS industry code: 332813

On 5/6/2015, an employee received chemical burns to his right thigh while he was transferring hydrofluoric acid from a 55-gallon drum to a 5-gallon portable container. He used a siphon pump to transfer the acid. The pump had an undetected cut in the hose, which caused the acid to spray on to the employee's leg. He was hospitalized.

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: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate