# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Mechanical Services
> OSHA SIR `2017098972` · 9/19/2017 · PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE
## 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:** 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.

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