NAICS311919Event Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact Source Other constructed surface
A sanitation employee entered the chemical room and slipped on the wet floor. When he slipped, he kicked over a bucket containing cleaning chemicals. The chemicals splashed onto the employee…
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified Part of body unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS324110Event Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetSource Extension ladders
An employee was ascending an 8-foot aluminum extension ladder to access and replace a hypochlorite pump located on top of a 7-foot chemical tank. When he reached approximately…
Fractures and soft tissue injuries Upper and lower extremities n.e.c.Hospitalized
NAICS212321Event Contact with hot objects or substancesSource Chemicals and hazardous materials unspecified
After completing a run with an oil distributor truck, an employee was working to return (suction) the hot oil to the tank of the truck. When the employee opened one…
Thermal burns third degree or higher Ears and facial region unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS325611Event Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact Source Other constructed surface
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to retrieve a chemical tote from a staging lane. He inserted the pallet jack under the tote and began to back up…
NAICS325998Event Exposure through intact tissueSource Corrosive bases unspecified
An employee was removing a hose from a chemical tank after filling the tank with hexamethylenediamine (HMD). He checked the line to ensure that the hose was clear, then disconnected…
Chemical burns, corrosions second degree Ears and facial region unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS325311Event Exposure through intact tissueSource Sulfuric acid
A shipping/receiving operator was working on a loading rack, loading a railcar. A 2-inch discharge cap failed and released pressure along with sulfuric acid from the railcar. The…
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified Head and trunkHospitalized
NAICS333997Event Exposure through intact tissueSource Chemicals and hazardous materials unspecified
An employee was pressure washing truck scales when they were splashed with water and an unknown chemical on their leg and immediately experienced a burning sensation. The employee was hospitalized…
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified Leg(s) unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS326199Event Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids Source Multiple chemicals and hazardous materials
During fiberglass work, an employee mixed a methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) catalyst with a cobalt chemical that they thought was a dye. A chemical reaction occurred, resulting in an…
Thermal burns second degree Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS325412Event Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shiftSource Carboxylic acids, acetic acid
An employee opened a flammables storage cabinet to get something out, smelled a chemical odor, and began to feel unwell and dizzy. She was hospitalized, having been exposed to formic…
Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects dizziness, headache BODY SYSTEMS Hospitalized
NAICS236210Event Exposure through intact tissueSource Hydrochloric acid
…The injured employee was placing material inside a scaffold rack when he was sprayed in the face with HCl and sustained chemical burns to his eyes, face, chest, right arm…
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified Multiple body parts n.e.c.Hospitalized
NAICS622110Event Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shiftSource Cleaning and polishing agents unspecified
An employee was working in an office where ducts had been chemically cleaned. The employee had a reaction to chemical fumes caused by remnants from the cleaning process. They became…
Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory BODY SYSTEMS Hospitalized
NAICS623312Event Ingestion of harmful substanceSource Dry ice
An employee was assisting in a luau event for residents when they ingested dry ice, resulting in chemical burns to the mouth, throat, and stomach. The employee was hospitalized.
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified Head, neck, trunkHospitalized
NAICS424720Event Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shiftSource Multiple chemicals and hazardous materials
An employee was refilling a bottle with a cleaning solution when bleach entered the bottle and it exploded. The employee inhaled the fumes and experienced difficulty breathing and burns to…
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified Internal neck structuresHospitalized
NAICS423320Event Struck by other propelled object or substance n.e.c.Source Chips, pellets metal
An employee was shoveling excess material (spillage) that consisted of dry mix, sand, aggregate and cement. As he was shoveling, some material blew back in his face and around his…
Eye abrasion(s), irritation except chemical or allergic Eye(s)Hospitalized
An employee had been removing phosphorus pentasulfide while on a scaffold. He was using a non-sparking tool to dislodge the phosphoric material. The employee noticed a flash of flame…
Thermal burns degree unspecified Upper and lower extremities n.e.c.Hospitalized
NAICS812331Event Exposure through intact tissueSource Disinfectants, detergents, soap products
…Some of the corrosive chemical spilled on the employee's shirt that was already wet from water. The employee sustained a bacterial infection and chemical burn to their abdominal area…
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified Abdomen unspecifiedHospitalized
NAICS484230Event Exposure through intact tissueSource Sulfuric acid
A truck driver was preparing a hose to load a chemical tanker trailer with sulfuric acid when sulfuric acid splashed the left side of their face and neck, causing skin…
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified Head and neckHospitalized
NAICS424720Event Contact with hot objects or substancesSource Chemicals and hazardous materials unspecified
An employee was performing maintenance on a pump flange that was in ammonium sulfate service. The line had been blocked in and drain lines were opened. The employee was making…
Thermal burns degree unspecified Trunk and other upper extremitiesHospitalized
NAICS211120Event Caught or wedged between objects nonrunningSource Gates
An employee was working to close a gate that had gotten stuck. He was pushing on the top rail when it started moving and his left little finger became crushed…
Amputations involving bone loss Other finger(s) n.e.c.Amputation
NAICS331222Event Exposure through intact tissueSource Sulfuric acid
…pipe broke and acid splashed onto the left side of the employee's body, resulting in chemical burns to their left shoulder, the back of his arm, and his leg.
Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified Upper and lower extremities n.e.c.Hospitalized
NAICS484230Event Contact with hot objects or substancesSource Steam, vapors nonchemical
An employee was disconnecting steam lines from a bulk liquid trailer. He disconnected a steam line located on a vapor recovery line when hot steam blew back onto him, resulting…
Thermal burns degree unspecified Multiple body parts n.e.c.Hospitalized