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Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified

1 hospitalization · 2021098251 · 9/24/2021 · Graphic Packaging International, 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
Chlorine, chlorine bleach

Employer

Name
Graphic Packaging International, LLC
Location
4278 Mike Padgett Hwy, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
NAICS
322121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a water hose to spray and clean pulp out of a large drum in a bleach plant area. The employee was exposed to chlorine dioxide from the pulp, became ill, and began to cough. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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