Exposure to change in air pressure · Pulmonary edema
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Environmental Techonics Corporation, 125 James Way , SOUTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18966
on — Pulmonary edema, affecting the lung(s), pleura.
Final narrative
An employee suffered pulmonary edema after participating in a high-altitude simulation.
HospitalizedLung(s), pleuraAtmospheric pressure-high or low
An employee was helping a patient in the hyperbaric chamber. The patient started seizing and the employee had to rapidly decompress the chamber, which resulted in the employee suffering an air embolism and decompression illness. The employee was hospitalized.
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