Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift · Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rite of Passage, 8810 Colorado 103, IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO 80452
on — Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
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Final narrative
An employee was cleaning and fixing a toilet that was clogged with two vape pens. The employee used a gel clog remover, flushed it with water 20 minutes later, and then used toilet cleaner for about two minutes. The employee breathed in fumes and was hospitalized with lactate acidosis.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Multiple cleaning and polishing agents
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