Exposure through medical injection · Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at West Virginia Health Care Cooperative, Inc, 400 Fairview Heights Road, SUMMERSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA 26651
on — Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee suffered an allergic reaction to a work-required flu vaccine. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSVaccines
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