Incident date: 2024-01-25
NAICS industry code: 562998

Two employees were using a vacuum hose to vacuum woodchips in a paper mill when they lost consciousness. The employees were hospitalized for exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
code_source: title: Hydrogen sulfide
code_nature: title: Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: low