Incident date: 2018-12-14
NAICS industry code: 325194

An employee was using a 15-foot metal rod to clear aluminum chloride from a hopper into a reactor below. After the aluminum chloride fell into the hopper, back-pressure caused the aluminum chloride to come up through the hopper and strike the employee in the upper chest and neck. The employee was hospitalized with third degree burns to his neck and upper chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Aluminum and compounds
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate