Incident date: 2016-05-22
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a sterilization machine. As the employee was removing the housing/base of the machine's filter assembly, white mist came out of the inside of the filter. The employee inhaled hydrogen peroxide vapors, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate