Exposure to harmful substances or environments, unspecified · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at USSE2 O & M Services, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15236
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was hospitalized when she complained of throat irritation and shortness of breath after entering a janitorial closet.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSChemicals and chemical products, unspecified
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