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 Lima Memorial Health Systems, 1001 Bellefontaine Avenue, LIMA, OHIO 45804
on — Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
On July 1, 2019, an employee cleaning a room sprayed cleaning material that was in a spray bottle. The employee inhaled the mist from the spray and suffered an asthma attack, requiring hospitalization.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSCleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
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