Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Westby Cooperative Creamery, 401 S Main Street, WESTBY, WISCONSIN 54667
on , Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was rinsing out chemical barrels when sanitizing chemicals mixed with phosphoric acid and produced chlorine gas. The employee inhaled the chlorine gas, suffering a chemical burn in the lungs.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersChlorine, chlorine bleach
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