Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects

Name: Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects at Amresco, Inc.
Start: 2/17/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017021589 · 2/17/2017 · Amresco, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects

Cause

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

Employer

Name: Amresco, Inc.
Location: 28600 Fountain Parkway, SOLON, OHIO, 44139
NAICS: 325180
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was weighing out potassium cyanide and walking it to the lab hood. The employee suffered acute potassium cyanide poisoning. A proper respirator was not worn at the time of the incident.

Source

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