Incident date: 2020-03-09
NAICS industry code: 621399

Inside a dumpster, bleach and washer fluid had mixed, resulting in chloroform gas being generated and entering the building. An employee scheduling patients for medical services was overcome by the gas. The employee was hospitalized with lung and gastrointestinal illnesses.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Chlorine compounds, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate