Incident date: 2016-02-21
NAICS industry code: 335313

An employee entered a freshwater, 3000-gallon tank to replace spray nozzles and was exposed to steam mist and residual chemicals that were left in the tank from the clean-out process. He experienced nausea from inhalation exposure and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Nausea, vomiting- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate