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Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

1 hospitalization · 2015097140 · 9/28/2015 · Mound Laser & Photonics Center

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury
Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

Cause

Event
Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source
Nitric acid
Secondary source
Alcohols, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Mound Laser & Photonics Center
Location
2941 College Drive, KETTERING, OHIO, 45420
NAICS
334510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A worker poured isopropyl alcohol into an acid waste container, causing a reaction that produced acid gas. An employee working in an adjacent room was overcome by the vapors and suffered restricted breathing, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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