# Pulmonary edema at Nutrien White Springs Phosphate
> OSHA SIR `20191212925` · 12/16/2019 · WHITE SPRINGS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Pulmonary edema
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Hydrogen sulfide
## Employer
- **Name:** Nutrien White Springs Phosphate
- **Location:** Swift Creek Chemical, WHITE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, 32096
- **NAICS:** 212392
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were opening the top hatch on sulfur rail cars to vent them when the employees were overcome by hydrogen sulfide gas. They were both hospitalized. The first employee suffered pulmonary edema (chemical) and the second employee suffered hemorrhaging in the eyes due to breathing stress.

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