Incident date: 2023-11-20
NAICS industry code: 237130

While waiting to assist with delivering a transformer from a flatbed truck, an employee went to get a drink of water. He returned to the work area and set his water bottle down. He later went to take a drink and picked up a different bottle that contained denatured alcohol. The employee was hospitalized due to poisoning.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ingestion of harmful substance
code_source: title: Alcohols, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate