Incident date: 2016-03-14
NAICS industry code: 332912

Two employees were cleaning a 30-foot tube with a chemical mixture of hydrochloric and nitric acids inside. The tubing became over-pressurized and the end cap dislodged, spraying the mixture onto the employees. They were both hospitalized with chemical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Multiple acids
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: low