Incident date: 2022-03-14
NAICS industry code: 325180

An employee saw fumes coming off a filter canister and tightened the bolts on top of it. When he turned to walk away, the bolt sheared and he was sprayed with titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4). He suffered chemical burns to the left wrist and forearm and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate