Incident date: 2020-01-13
NAICS industry code: 488320

On January 10, 2020, an employee finished drinking a bottle of sports drink and set it down empty in a maintenance shop before leaving for the weekend. The bottle was then used to hold brake cleaner. On January 3, the employee refilled the bottle with water, began drinking, and became nauseated and vomited after the first few gulps. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ingestion of harmful substance
code_source: title: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate