Incident date: 2015-03-08
NAICS industry code: 325199

On March 8, 2015, at approximately 8:08 p.m., an employee disconnected a hose from a cylinder of allyl alcohol. He carried the hose to an area and began cleaning the hose with toluene when he experienced shortness of breath. An air evacuation was requested and the employee was air lifted to the hospital and hospitalized for chest pains.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified
code_source: title: Multiple aromatics and hydrocarbon derivatives, except halogenated
code_nature: title: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate