Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, 211 South Third St., BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS 62220
on — Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a pump to a commercial washing machine. After using water to prime the pump, the employee ran the cleaning fluid to the pump. Residual water with cleaning product was caught in a hand-held container. The employee inhaled the cleaning product odor and experienced respiratory tract irritation and distress.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSCleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.
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