Incident date: 2024-09-11
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was unloading 12.5% bleach from a tanker vehicle when a pressurized hose became disconnected, causing bleach to splash the employee. The employee sustained third-degree chemical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Bleach, hypochlorites
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate