Incident date: 2018-11-19
NAICS industry code: 561720

On November 19, 2018, an employee was cleaning a sink with drain cleaner that contained sulfuric acid. The cleaner reacted with another cleaner that had already been poured down the sink, and a chemical cloud formed in the bathroom. The employee was exposed and was hospitalized for chemical burns to the lungs, face and skin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
code_source: title: Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate