Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

Name: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at ASARCO LLC
Start: 7/17/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076458 · 7/17/2016 · ASARCO LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Sulfur dioxide

Employer

Name: ASARCO LLC
Location: 6094 N. Asarco Rd, HAYDEN, ARIZONA, 85135
NAICS: 331411
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was making routine rounds at the plant when a power outage occurred causing a fan to fail. The employee was overcome by sulfur dioxide. The employee did not have a respirator at the time of the incident.

Source

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