Incident date: 2024-08-23
NAICS industry code: 322211

An employee was putting out a fire in the baler chute by spraying it with a fire extinguisher. Smoke and the fire extinguishing agent blew back into their face. The employee was hospitalized due to smoke/extinguishing agent inhalation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Trash compactors, shredders
code_nature: title: Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate