Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

Name: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Pacific Ethanol
Start: 6/2/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016064887 · 6/2/2016 · Pacific Ethanol

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Chlorine compounds, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Pacific Ethanol
Location: 1300 South Second Street, PEKIN, ILLINOIS, 61554
NAICS: 325998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was putting a tote of fermentation additive on a process sump when a chemical reaction occurred and a cloud of chlorine dioxide came out of the sump. When the employee went to shut off the valve, he inhaled the chlorine dioxide and suffered respiratory damage, requiring overnight hospitalization.

Source

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