Incident date: 2016-01-24
NAICS industry code: 324110

An employee was removing a positive displacement diaphragm pump in the wastewater treating unit when potassium hydroxide splashed the employee's eyes and face.

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