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

Name: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Hanover Foods Corporation
Start: 7/14/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021075765 · 7/14/2021 · Hanover Foods Corporation

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, chlorine bleach

Employer

Name: Hanover Foods Corporation
Location: 7000 Millington Road, CLAYTON, DELAWARE, 19938
NAICS: 311411
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was getting ready to enter the facility's external chlorine shed to clean up a broken light bulb when they began to experience shortness of breath due to chlorine exposure. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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