Incident date: 2015-01-13
NAICS industry code: 812332

On or about January 13, 2015, a maintenance employee of Cintas received a chemical spray of sodium hydroxide to the eyes and face requiring hospitalization.  The incident occurred during offloading of the sodium hydroxide from a contracted delivery service's truck (Hydrite).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate