# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Noah's Ark Processors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191010554` · 10/9/2019 · HASTINGS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Disinfectants
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Noah's Ark Processors, LLC
- **Location:** 1009 W. M Street, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, 68901
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was watching a rotary screen while washing down the floor and equipment. In the area was a chemical dosing pump that delivers peroxide to a mixing system to clean and sanitize carcasses. The suction side of this pump has a chemical O-ring that compresses the suction hose feeding the chemical into the pump. The O-ring was compromised, allowing chemical to drip out of the hose and onto the floor. The employee breathed in the chemical vapors, exposing his respiratory system to them.

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