Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Universal Protection Service, 600 Holiday Plaza Suite 500, MATTESON, ILLINOIS 60443
on — Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was inside a security guard shack when a generator from a construction company that was performing work at the facility emitted exhaust fumes into the shack. The employee became dizzy and lightheaded, requiring hospitalization for carbon monoxide exposure.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSCarbon monoxide
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