Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118865.015 - Employee incurs difficulty breathing after dispensing chemic

Accident Summary Nr: 118865.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 08/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1422497.015	08/12/2019		311991	Taylor Farms Texas, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:20 a.m. on August 10, 2019, Employee #1 was working at a perishable prepared food manufacturing facility. She was using a manual drum pump to transfer an acidic food cleaning solution from a drum into a portable container. The portable container contained a small amount of residual sodium hypochlorite solution, which caused a chemical reaction that released chlorine gas. Employee #1 had difficulty breathing from inhaling the chlorine gas and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Breathing, Chemical Reaction, Chlorine, Cleaning, Container, Drum, Food processing, Gas, Inhalation, Pump

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1422497.015	21	F	Hospitalized injury		Quality Assurance Inspector

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