Incident date: 2020-12-28
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee had been hauling and disposing of lime kiln filters while wearing dust goggles, hearing protection, steel-toed shoes, and a blue medical mask. About one to two hours after the process was completed the employee noticed irritation in his mouth and throat. The employee was hospitalized with irritation of the upper respiratory tract due to lime dust.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Lime
code_nature: title: Swelling, inflammation, irritation-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate