Incident date: 2023-09-27
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was exposed to chlorine dioxide that is produced on site to bleach pulp, resulting in a chemical burn due to inhalation. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Chlorine, chlorine bleach
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate