Incident date: 2018-06-13
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was removing expired chlorine tabs from a dilution system tank that was shut down for maintenance. He was exposed to chlorinated water from a leak in the system, as well as wet chlorine tablets stored in a bucket during the maintenance. He reported having a heavy cough after his shift and difficulty breathing the next day and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Chlorine, chlorine bleach
code_nature: title: Coughing and throat irritation- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate