Incident date: 2023-09-24
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was removing a broken flow meter. Mercury from the meter spilled onto the floor and the employee was cleaning it up with a spill kit. He began to feel lightheaded and was hospitalized for mercury inhalation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Mercury and compounds
code_nature: title: Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate