# Pneumonitis, n.e.c. at DDM Hotel Mystic, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019054547` · 5/4/2019 · MYSTIC, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Pneumonitis, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
## Employer
- **Name:** DDM Hotel Mystic, LLC
- **Location:** 20 Coogan Boulevard, MYSTIC, CONNECTICUT, 06355
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee lifted the cover off a five-gallon pail of liquid chlorine and was overcome by the chlorine gas that was released and was hospitalized for chemical pneumonitis.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*