Incident date: 2021-10-01
NAICS industry code: 332813

Two employees were cleaning a hose that contained hydrochloric acid. After rinsing the hose, it was placed in a tank with bleach. Hydrochloric acid remaining on the hose reacted with the bleach, exposing the employees to chlorine gas that made it difficult to breathe. One employee was hospitalized for inhalation chemical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Chlorine, chlorine bleach
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate