Incident date: 2023-11-14
NAICS industry code: 325188

An employee was collecting waste material and taking it to a waste container that was in close proximity to material that was emitting chemical fumes due to elevated temperatures. The employee inhaled the fumes and was admitted to the hospital due to the exposure.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate