Caisson disease, bends, divers' palsy

Name: Caisson disease, bends, divers' palsy at Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation dba Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Start: 12/9/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015129312 · 12/9/2015 · Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation dba Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Caisson disease, bends, divers' palsy

Cause

Event: Exposure to change in air pressure
Source: Pressurized air-environmental

Employer

Name: Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation dba Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Location: 1775 Dempster Street, PARK RIDGE, ILLINOIS, 60068
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping a patient in the hyperbaric chamber. The patient started seizing and the employee had to rapidly decompress the chamber, which resulted in the employee suffering an air embolism and decompression illness. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown