Incident date: 2025-02-07
NAICS industry code: 324110

An employee was unloading diesel fuel from one compartment in a tanker to the next compartment. Fuel was released when a valve was opened. When the employee tried to stop the flow, some of the fuel entered his mouth. He became ill due to fuel ingestion and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ingestion of harmful substance
code_source: title: Petroleum-based fuels
code_nature: title: Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate