Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

Name: Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at University of Rochester
Start: 6/30/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021065366 · 6/30/2021 · University of Rochester

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Carbon monoxide
Secondary source: Ambulance, police, and other emergency passenger vehicle

Employer

Name: University of Rochester
Location: 156 West Avenue, BROCKPORT, NEW YORK, 14420
NAICS: 611310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working at a computer workstation. An idling ambulance was parked outside the building next to the air intake vent that comes directly into the office area on the second floor. The employee experienced headache, dizziness, and nausea and was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide exposure.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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