Incident date: 2025-06-11
NAICS industry code: 112120

An employee was cleaning a filler machine. The machine began to leak and was paused. Believing that the machine had been set to abort, the employee started to remove a clamp by the leak. Caustic wash sprayed out, striking the employee in the face and shoulder. He suffered a chemical burn to the side of the face and in the mouth.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact tissue
code_source: title: Corrosive bases  unspecified
code_nature: title: Chemical burns, corrosions  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
severity: moderate