Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift · Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at White Springs Agricultural Chemicals, Inc., 15843 SE 78th Street, WHITE SPRINGS, FLORIDA 32096
on — Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
On December 18, 2024, an employee was performing maintenance on a steam-pressure transmitter in a sulfuric acid plant when a transmitter malfunction caused the employee to inhale sulfur dioxide or sulfur trioxide fumes. The employee was hospitalized with respiratory irritation.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Sulphur dioxide
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