Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift · Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BJ's Wholesale Club, 2 Veterans Memorial Highway, COMMACK, NEW YORK 11725
on — Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was scanning a member's purchase when a box containing septic treatment powder was dropped, causing a cloud of the powder to eject. The employee inhaled the chemical and was hospitalized with throat irritation and difficulty breathing.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS General chemical products n.e.c.
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