Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

Name: Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Kroger
Start: 10/23/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015107940 · 10/23/2015 · Kroger

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Phosgene

Employer

Name: Kroger
Location: 110 Promenade Blvd., FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 39232
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance technician was repairing a Freon leak in the flora cooler. The technician placed a fan at the cooler to disperse the Freon, but he was exposed to phosgene gas. The technician became disoriented and almost passed out.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown