Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Westby Cooperative Creamery, 401 S Main Street, WESTBY, WISCONSIN 54667
on — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was rinsing out chemical barrels when sanitizing chemicals mixed with phosphoric acid and produced chlorine gas. The employee inhaled the chlorine gas, suffering a chemical burn in the lungs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersChlorine, chlorine bleach
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