Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

Name: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
Start: 12/3/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201211353 · 12/3/2020 · Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas

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: Chlorine, chlorine bleach

Employer

Name: Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
Location: 201 Formosa Drive, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
NAICS: 325211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At about 3:00 p.m. on December 3, 2020, an employee was switching out a one-ton chlorine cylinder in an ethylene glycol unit when a chlorine leak developed. The employee inhaled chlorine gas and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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