Incident date: 2018-12-10
NAICS industry code: 484122

An employee had been loading a gas cylinder containing chlorine gas. During loading the cylinder fell and struck the employee in the chin and the valve of the cylinder opened. Chlorine gas was then inhaled by the employee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Chlorine, chlorine bleach
code_nature: title: Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate