The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus
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 The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus, 1700 Southwest 7th Street, TOPEKA, KANSAS 66606
on — Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
On 7-29-2024, the injured employee was at work in a patient room providing care when another employee came into the room to clean using bleach wipes. The smell of the bleach wipes caused the injured employee to have an asthmatic reaction requiring hospitalization.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Bleach, hypochlorites
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