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

Name: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Mechanical Services
Start: 9/19/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017098972 · 9/19/2017 · Mechanical Services

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: Fluorine compounds, unspecified

Employer

Name: Mechanical Services
Location: Main Street, PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE, 04769
NAICS: 811310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A employee was replacing a failed expansion valve on a refrigerated display case. He was soldering a copper pipe when a small amount of refrigerant in the pipe expanded when heated and flashed. He started coughing and had a runny nose, requiring hospitalization for respiratory irritation.

Source

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