Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corporation, 199 Russell Place, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY 07601
on — Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was preparing for duty at an ambulance station when she inhaled an unknown residual powder from foam insulation in the back of the ambulance after opening a medication storage box. The employee was hospitalized after experiencing respiratory distress due to pulmonary edema caused by an anaphylactic reaction.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSChemicals and chemical products, unspecified
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