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 Pacific Ethanol, 1300 South Second Street, PEKIN, ILLINOIS 61554
on , Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, affecting the body systems.
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Final narrative
An employee was putting a tote of fermentation additive on a process sump when a chemical reaction occurred and a cloud of chlorine dioxide came out of the sump. When the employee went to shut off the valve, he inhaled the chlorine dioxide and suffered respiratory damage, requiring overnight hospitalization.