Incident date: 2022-12-13
NAICS industry code: 325188

On December 13, 2022, a plant operator was walking by a pipe when he was exposed to leaking hydrogen sulfide gas and sodium hydrosulfide solution. Upon exiting the area, the employee lost consciousness, fell down the stairs, and struck his forehead and nose. The employee awoke at the bottom of the stairs in a puddle of water runoff. He was hospitalized with a forehead laceration, nose fracture, chemical inhalation, and chemical exposure to the eyes.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to other harmful substance-multiple routes of exposure
code_source: title: Sulfur and sulfur compounds, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate