Incident date: 2019-07-09
NAICS industry code: 926120

An employee was travelling in an ATV to the worksite. The ATV passed through tall grasses, fireweed, and cow parsnip. The employee had an allergic reaction to the local vegetation which affected the eyes, skin, and airway and required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified
code_source: title: Plants, trees, vegetation-not processed, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate