Incident date: 2024-04-08
NAICS industry code: 325188

An employee drank water from a water cooler in the control room that was contaminated with sodium nitrite. The employee sustained methemoglobinemia and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ingestion of harmful substance
code_source: title: Oxidizing substances and organic peroxides  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Anemia and other diseases of the blood and blood forming organs
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate