Incident date: 2024-05-11
NAICS industry code: 624110

An employee was cleaning and fixing a toilet that was clogged with two vape pens. The employee used a gel clog remover, flushed it with water 20 minutes later, and then used toilet cleaner for about two minutes. The employee breathed in fumes and was hospitalized with lactate acidosis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
code_source: title: Multiple cleaning and polishing agents
code_nature: title: Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate