Incident date: 2019-10-09
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was watching a rotary screen while washing down the floor and equipment. In the area was a chemical dosing pump that delivers peroxide to a mixing system to clean and sanitize carcasses. The suction side of this pump has a chemical O-ring that compresses the suction hose feeding the chemical into the pump. The O-ring was compromised, allowing chemical to drip out of the hose and onto the floor. The employee breathed in the chemical vapors, exposing his respiratory system to them.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Disinfectants
code_nature: title: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate