Incident date: 2022-02-10
NAICS industry code: 336312

An employee was removing the valve cap from a 300-gallon tote of ammonium hydroxide. The back pressure caused ammonium hydroxide to release toward the employee's face, resulting in caustic chemical burns to their face and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Ammonia and ammonium compounds, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate