Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Acadian Ambulance, Patient residence, COVINGTON, LOUISIANA 70433
on — Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was going to a residence to provide emergency medical treatment to a patient with shortness of breath. The employee began having breathing problems and suffered poisoning once inside the residence, where the patient had set off insect foggers.
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