Incident date: 2017-09-19
NAICS industry code: 811310

A employee was replacing a failed expansion valve on a refrigerated display case. He was soldering a copper pipe when a small amount of refrigerant in the pipe expanded when heated and flashed. He started coughing and had a runny nose, requiring hospitalization for respiratory irritation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Fluorine compounds, unspecified
code_nature: title: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate