Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Everglades Waste Removal Services LLC, 3400 SE 9th Ave, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33316
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning the inside of a tanker trailer and became disoriented and unresponsive due to gases inside the tanker.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSChemicals and chemical products, unspecified
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