Incident date: 2024-05-26
NAICS industry code: 622110

A security employee was working when a lithium battery caught fire in the equipment maintenance area near the cafeteria. The security guard responded with a fire extinguisher and was exposed to cyanide, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fire  small-scale, limited
code_source: title: Batteries
code_nature: title: Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate