# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Mound Laser & Photonics Center
> OSHA SIR `2015097140` · 9/28/2015 · KETTERING, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*