Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC dba Republic Services
Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC dba Republic Services, 5403 Holly Court, EULESS, TEXAS 76039
on — Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
Employees were driving a work truck and collecting trash. A trash bag that contained pool chemicals was placed in the hopper and began smoking. The employees drove to the nearest open parking lot and extracted the trash bag from the hopper when the injured employee inhaled some of the smoke. The employee was hospitalized for breathing complications and elevated vital signs.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSChemicals and chemical products, unspecified
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