Incident date: 2017-06-10
NAICS industry code: 623110

On June 10, 2017, an employee opened a tub of liquid chlorine bleach with pliers and rinsed the pliers in a stream of what appeared to be running water, but was actually disinfectant. The employee then experienced shortness of breath and lowered oxygen saturation, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate