Nausea, vomiting- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

Name: Nausea, vomiting- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Gurwin Home Care Agency
Start: 8/23/2018

1 hospitalization · 20180811248 · 8/23/2018 · Gurwin Home Care Agency

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Nausea, vomiting- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified

Employer

Name: Gurwin Home Care Agency
Location: 61 Spring Road, HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK, 11743
NAICS: 621610
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

After cleaning a patient's bathroom, an employee experienced shortness of breath and nausea due to exposure to bleach-based cleaner and isopropyl alcohol. She was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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