Other structural fire without collapse · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HCR ManorCare Health Services, 3430 Huntingdon Pike, HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA 19006
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was evacuating residents from a unit during a small fire when the employee inhaled smoke, requiring hospitalization.
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An employee was responding to an emergency call for a house on fire. The employee was rescuing caged birds from the fire, which resulted in a laceration to their left hand from a cage. The employee also suffered smoke inhalation.
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