Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 123540.015 - Employee incurs lung burns after inhaling chemicals fumes
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1459149.015 | 01/29/2020 | 311513 | Westby Cooperative Creamery |
Abstract: At 9:30 p.m. on January 21, 2020, an employe was cleaning out chemical drums in a chemical cage area. The areas had a sanitation nozzle that emits 1,000 ppm of quaternary ammonia foam to control listeria growth in the area. There is only one drain to collect all run-off from the chemicals. As the employee was rinsing out a 55 gallon plastic drum of a chlorinated cleaner containing 8.5% sodium hypochlorite and another drum of 75% phosphoric acid he dumped the rinse water down the drain. An estimate of approximately 1 cup of the chlorinated cleaner and about 1/2 gallon of the acid was dumped down the drain and mixed together creating toxic vapors. The employee inhaled the vapors and burned his lungs, requiring hospitalization.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1459149.015 | 54 | M | Hospitalized injury | Laborers, except construction |