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 Price Brothers Management Company, 9395 Scarborough Street, LENEXA, KANSAS 66219
on — Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was preparing a pool for the upcoming summer season. Upon opening the chlorinator valve, an unexpected release of chemical vapors occurred. The employee inhaled the vapors. He was hospitalized.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Chemicals and hazardous materials unspecified
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