Incident date: 2015-09-28
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was inside a vinegar vat for maintenance purposes. He was standing on a ladder, entering the space, and wearing a respirator when he was overcome and fell from the ladder into the vat. He was hospitalized for chemical burns to his lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Acetic acid, vinegar
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate