Originally published on November 27, 2013
Ten people, including three paramedics, were hospitalised after breathing toxic cleaner fumes from a water tank on a dairy farm in Cloverlea, Australia on Wednesday (November 27).
According to the Herald Sun, 48-year-old Simon Coster entered a closed water tank and succummbed to the toxic fumes that arose from the ammonia reagent he was using to clean the tank interior.
In rescue attempts that followed, Coster's son and another farm worker successively entered the tank and fell unconscious from the toxic fumes. Their bodies were eventually dragged out through a hole cut from the side of tank by other dairy workers.
Ten people, including three paramedics who later arrived on the scene, were hospitalised after inhaling the toxic ammonia fumes.
Two of the workers who passed out in the tank were airlifted to the Royal Melbourne hospital for critical care. Another worker is under critical condition in The Alfred Hospital.
The Coster family have owned the dairy farm for generations, according to Cloverlea residents in a Herald Sun report.
Ammonia is a light, colorless gas that is often added to water to create industrial-grade cleaners. The gas interacts with moisture in the eyes and mucosal surfaces to form caustic ammonium hydroxide.
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