Incident date: 2018-09-02
NAICS industry code: 531311

An employee was pouring drain cleaner down a clogged pipe when it mixed with a different cleaner that had previously been poured down the drain. The two chemicals reacted and created fumes that the employee inhaled, suffering respiratory distress.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Drain and oven cleaners
code_nature: title: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate