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

1 hospitalization · 20191010554 · 10/9/2019 · Noah's Ark Processors, LLC

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
Disinfectants
Secondary source
Pumps

Employer

Name
Noah's Ark Processors, LLC
Location
1009 W. M Street, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, 68901
NAICS
311611
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was watching a rotary screen while washing down the floor and equipment. In the area was a chemical dosing pump that delivers peroxide to a mixing system to clean and sanitize carcasses. The suction side of this pump has a chemical O-ring that compresses the suction hose feeding the chemical into the pump. The O-ring was compromised, allowing chemical to drip out of the hose and onto the floor. The employee breathed in the chemical vapors, exposing his respiratory system to them.

Source

Authoritative
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