At 6:15 a.m. on May 22, 2020, an employee and a coworker were in the process of transferring chemicals from totes on a delivery truck into tanks inside the facility.
The deceased employee was responsible for hooking up a hose to the fill line on the building and monitoring the transfer from inside the facility.
A coworker was responsible for hooking up the hose to the pump and tote inside the truck.
The deceased employee accidentally hooked up the bleach hose to the fluoride fill line.