Incident date: 2024-01-24
NAICS industry code: 424310

An employee was scanning a member's purchase when a box containing septic treatment powder was dropped, causing a cloud of the powder to eject. The employee inhaled the chemical and was hospitalized with throat irritation and difficulty breathing.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
code_source: title: General chemical products  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate