Incident date: 2023-03-05
NAICS industry code: 713940

An employee was checking pool chemicals when chlorine and muriatic acid were mixed together, creating chlorine gas. The employee inhaled the gas and began coughing. The employee was hospitalized for irritation of the respiratory tract.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Chlorine, chlorine bleach
code_nature: title: Coughing and throat irritation- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate