Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects

Name: Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects at Eddy Memorial Geriatric
Start: 4/25/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020043808 · 4/25/2020 · Eddy Memorial Geriatric

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects

Cause

Event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
Source: Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Eddy Memorial Geriatric
Location: 2256 Burdett Ave, TROY, NEW YORK, 12180
NAICS: 624120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working in a COVID-19 unit, and accordingly was wearing full PPE during her shifts on April 25 and April 26, 2020, including an N95 mask. She felt itching on her forehead and around the mask on April 25, then developed swollen eyelids and hives to the face, trunk, and legs on April 26. She became short of breath at home on April 28 and was hospitalized, suffering from diffuse urticaria and dyspnea, possibly from the mask.

Source

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