Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-01 | Middletown | Oh | Electro-Metallics Inc | Multiple body parts | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Two employees were cleaning a hose that contained hydrochloric acid. After rinsing the hose, it was placed in a tank with bleach. Hydrochloric acid remaining on the hose reacted with the bleach, exposing the employees to chlorine gas that made it difficult to breathe. One employee was hospitalized for inhalation chemical burns. | |||||
2021-09-24 | Augusta | Ga | Graphic Packaging International, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was using a water hose to spray and clean pulp out of a large drum in a bleach plant area. The employee was exposed to chlorine dioxide from the pulp, became ill, and began to cough. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-22 | Austin | Tx | G&H Construction and Remodeling LLC | Ankle(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee tripped on the metal webbing of a set of bleachers. The employee fell, suffering a broken left ankle, and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-01 | Syracuse | Ny | ASM Global | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was moving hockey bleachers to a prep area when they fell off the bleachers and fractured their wrist. | |||||
2021-04-30 | Port Henry | Ny | Mountain Lake Services Foundation | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee had an allergic reaction to a bleach-based cleaning compound. The employee was hospitalized for respiratory distress. | |||||
2021-04-22 | Mifflintown | Pa | Controls Service & Engineering Co., Inc. (CSE) | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was trying to unclog a kitchen drain. A mixture of bleach and a drain cleaning solution produced toxic vapors, which the employee inhaled. | |||||
2020-10-20 | Berwick | Pa | Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Ingestion of harmful substance |
On October 20, 2020, at approximately 7:35PM, an employee was placing boxes of bleach onto a conveyor system. The bottom of a box broke causing bottles of bleach to fall out. One bottle struck the conveyor and broke open splashing bleach into the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized for treatment. | |||||
2020-09-26 | Miami | Fl | RIVER PARK HOTEL AND SUITES | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was treating rooms with bleach for mildew. He suffered a serious asthma attack and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-20 | Charleston | West Virgini | CAMC Memorial Hospital | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was cleaning an empty hospital room using a cleaner with bleach. He developed breathing problems after inhaling the bleach fumes and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-12 | Jamaica | New York | AccentCare Inc. | Foot (feet) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was mopping a floor with bleach. The bleach came into contact with the bottoms of the employee's feet, burning them. | |||||
2020-06-29 | Boston | Massachusett | Joyn Bio | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee suffered respiratory problems caused by mixed bleach and an alcohol. | |||||
2020-03-09 | Wichita | Kansas | Ascension Medical Group Via Christi | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Inside a dumpster, bleach and washer fluid had mixed, resulting in chloroform gas being generated and entering the building. An employee scheduling patients for medical services was overcome by the gas. The employee was hospitalized with lung and gastrointestinal illnesses. | |||||
2020-03-05 | Cleveland | Ohio | Reserve Square Apartments, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
On 3/5/2020, a custodian was cleaning a toilet. The employee placed bleach in the toilet and then added a germicidal bowl cleanser chemical to the toilet. A chemical reaction occurred and the employee had an asthma attack. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-21 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Eatn Park Hospitality Group, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee suffered a reaction while cleaning a kitchen sink with bleach, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-08-06 | Lyons | Georgia | Ricks' Auto Glass and Storefront Inc | Brain | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
While removing a 60 x 48-inch glass window in a school gym, an employee fell 12 feet from the bleachers. The employee struck his head on the concrete floor resulting in a fractured skull, brain bleeding, and swelling of the brain. | |||||
2019-06-21 | Fairfield | Ohio | Koch Foods of Cincinnati LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Bleach was mixed with acid that resulted in a chemical reaction and a cloud. An employee inhaled a chemical mixture and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-29 | Bridgeton | Missouri | BLUE GRASS LAWNCARE OF ST. LOUIS | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
While cleaning the restroom with bleach, an employee suffered an asthma attack and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-01 | Sandusky | Ohio | Vine & Olive | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
On May 1, 2019, an employee sustained a chemical burn to their right eye while pouring bleach from a gallon jug into a bucket of water. | |||||
2019-03-11 | Montgomery | Alabama | FELDER SERVICES, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was cleaning out a trash can with bleach. The bleach reacted with some residual descaling solution in the can; the employee was hospitalized to treat chemical inhalation. | |||||
2019-01-07 | Town And Country | Missouri | MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was working in rooms along a hospital hallway, performing respiratory treatments for her assigned patients. She noticed a bleach smell in the hallway as she entered a room. While in the room she continued smelling bleach, so she put on a surgical mask and closed the door behind her. Later, after working in other rooms and removing her mask, she entered a room with a recliner that had been wiped down with bleach shortly before she entered. She was hospitalized, suffering respiratory d | |||||
2018-09-15 | Providence | Rhode Island | Rhode Island Hospital | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was recording patient information at a hospital while a crew was performing cleaning operations nearby with a bleach-based cleaner. The cleaner triggered an asthmatic reaction in the employee, who required hospitalization. | |||||
2018-09-07 | Franklin | Ohio | ChemGroup, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was delivering sodium hypochlorite (bleach) to a customer by tanker truck. The customer directed the employee to the incorrect unloading station, and the sodium hypochlorite was unloaded into a hydrofluorosilicic acid tank. The chemicals were incompatible and produced chlorine gas, which the employee inhaled. | |||||
2018-08-14 | Von Ormy | Texas | Univar USA, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Bleach and acetic acid were mixed together, releasing chlorine gas. An employee suffered an inhalation injury. | |||||
2018-08-12 | Daytona Beach | Florida | Walmart Stores, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was assisting a customer when a bleach container fell out of the customer's cart and ruptured upon contact with the floor. As the employee was calling for cleanup and guarding the spill, she experienced an asthma attack from the bleach vapors, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2018-01-24 | Panama City | Florida | Holiday Inn Panama City | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was cleaning a coffee pot with bleach when he inhaled chemical vapors. He began coughing and his throat was burning, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-26 | Forrest City | Arkansas | BOARS HEAD | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
After using bleach mixture from a spray bottle to clean the chiller room, an employee suffered from chemical-induced pneumonia, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-09-25 | Forrest City | Arkansas | Boar's Head Provisions Co, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
On 9/25/2017, an employee was cleaning a chill cooler with bleach when he experienced dizziness and lightheadedness, later requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-06-13 | Buffalo | New York | Modern Disposal | BODY SYSTEMS | Ingestion of harmful substance |
An employee was walking to each collection location helping to empty recycling and garbage on truck. A woman offered the employee a cold bottle of water. He said sure and she went into a house and brought out a bottle of liquid which the employee drank. He took a sip and immediately started vomiting. The "water" turned out to be a diluted mix of bleach and detergent. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2017-06-10 | Phillips | Wisconsin | Aspirus, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
On June 10, 2017, an employee opened a tub of liquid chlorine bleach with pliers and rinsed the pliers in a stream of what appeared to be running water, but was actually disinfectant. The employee then experienced shortness of breath and lowered oxygen saturation, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2016-03-04 | San Antonio | Texas | Archdiocese of San Antonio | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
When an employee stepped onto bleachers, the bleachers broke, and the employee fell through and hit the ground. The employee suffered 13 fractured ribs, a punctured/collapsed lung, a dislocated shoulder, and multiple contusions and abrasions. | |||||
2015-11-23 | Lakeland | Florida | Lakeland Regional Health | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee walked into the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) room and began wheezing, causing an emergency response to be initiated. Bleach is suspected to have caused the wheezing. | |||||
2015-06-27 | Lakeland | Florida | Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
At the Respiratory Care Services area, an employee experienced respiratory distress from exposure to bleach. | |||||
2015-06-11 | Wichita | Kansas | All Seasons Party Rental | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
Employees were setting up bleachers for an event. One of the employees fell from the bleachers and was injured. | |||||
2015-04-12 | Atlantic City | New Jersey | Marine District Development Corporation | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee fell approximately 12 feet while disassembling bleacher risers. | |||||
2015-01-18 | Brewton | Alabama | Georgia Pacific Brewton Mill | Lower leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was exposed to hot condensate while transiting through the basement of the bleach plant. The condensate burned his lower legs. |