Incident date: 2024-12-18
NAICS industry code: 325312

On December 18, 2024, an employee was performing maintenance on a steam-pressure transmitter in a sulfuric acid plant when a transmitter malfunction caused the employee to inhale sulfur dioxide or sulfur trioxide fumes. The employee was hospitalized with respiratory irritation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
code_source: title: Sulphur dioxide
code_nature: title: Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate