Incident date: 2023-06-26
NAICS industry code: 447110

An employee was cleaning. She poured bleach down a soda fountain drain to unclog it and she immediately became short of breath. The employee suffered acute pneumonitis due to chemical fumes, acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, moderate persistent asthma with acute exacerbation, and shortness of breath.

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