Incident date: 2018-01-21
NAICS industry code: 112120

While working in the scrapping/milking area, an employee mistook formaldehyde for water and ingested approximately 4 to 5 ounces of 37% formaldehyde, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ingestion of harmful substance
code_source: title: Formaldehyde
code_nature: title: Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate