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

1 hospitalization · 2019010190 · 1/7/2019 · MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER

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
Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified

Employer

Name
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
Location
3015 N. BALLAS ROAD, TOWN AND COUNTRY, MISSOURI, 63131
NAICS
622110
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working in rooms along a hospital hallway, performing respiratory treatments for her assigned patients. She noticed a bleach smell in the hallway as she entered a room. While in the room she continued smelling bleach, so she put on a surgical mask and closed the door behind her. Later, after working in other rooms and removing her mask, she entered a room with a recliner that had been wiped down with bleach shortly before she entered. She was hospitalized, suffering respiratory distress.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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