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

Name: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Allegheny General Hospital
Start: 5/22/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016054479 · 5/22/2016 · Allegheny General Hospital

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: Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Allegheny General Hospital
Location: 320 East North Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15212
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a sterilization machine. As the employee was removing the housing/base of the machine's filter assembly, white mist came out of the inside of the filter. The employee inhaled hydrogen peroxide vapors, requiring hospitalization.

Source

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