Incident date: 2024-09-09
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was adding chlorine to the production process of an ashless sulfur corrosion inhibitor and he was exposed to chlorine gas when he opened a valve. The employee was hospitalized due to low oxygen levels.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
code_source: title: Chlorine  elemental
code_nature: title: Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate