Vehicle or machinery fire · Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allied Universal Security Services, 701 Pennsylvania Ave SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20003
on — Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
After helping people off a train that had caught fire, an employee was hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Subway, elevated train
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