# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at LabCorp
> OSHA SIR `2020109586` · 10/8/2020 · NEWTOWN SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LabCorp
- **Location:** 3475 West Chester Pike, NEWTOWN SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19073
- **NAICS:** 621511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had a reaction to the fumes from cleaning chemicals, fainted, and was hospitalized for asthmatic exacerbation.

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