Incident date: 2016-09-15
NAICS industry code: 325320

A worker opened a valve that allowed monoisopropylamine to enter an empty tank. Vapors from the monoisopropylamine entered the shop environment and migrated to a neighboring area where an employee had a serious reaction and experienced respiratory distress. She was hospitalized.

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