Incident date: 2023-03-06
NAICS industry code: 562119

On March 6, 2023, at approximately 7:45 AM, an employee was emptying a waste tank in a cheese manufacturing facility when they lost consciousness due to hydrogen sulfide vapor.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Hydrogen sulfide
code_nature: title: Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate