105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

HASTINGS, NEBRASKA—

Noah's Ark Processors, LLC

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

Final narrative

An employee was watching a rotary screen while washing down the floor and equipment. In the area was a chemical dosing pump that delivers peroxide to a mixing system to clean and sanitize carcasses. The suction side of this pump has a chemical O-ring that compresses the suction hose feeding the chemical into the pump. The O-ring was compromised, allowing chemical to drip out of the hose and onto the floor. The employee breathed in the chemical vapors, exposing his respiratory system to them.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Disinfectants

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