Incident date: 2017-01-27
NAICS industry code: 541380

An employee was using ammonium hydroxide with water to test a product for lead when he was exposed to potassium cyanide. The employee was hospitalized for cyanide poisoning.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified
code_source: title: Cyanide and cyanide compounds, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate