Incident date: 2019-04-24
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee delivered nitric acid to a chlorine tank that was mislabeled, causing a reaction with a cloud that affected seven employees and required evacuation. An employee was hospitalized for respiratory irritation due to chemical exposure.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate