Incident date: 2019-06-26
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was delivering chemicals and removing transfer tubing at a bulk chemical storage tank when residual peracetic acid reacted with an unknown substance, causing off-gassing. The employee was hospitalized with a respiratory injury.

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