Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis

Name: Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis at Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corporation
Start: 2/3/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022021040 · 2/3/2022 · Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Source: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified

Employer

Name: Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corporation
Location: 199 Russell Place, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY, 07601
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing for duty at an ambulance station when she inhaled an unknown residual powder from foam insulation in the back of the ambulance after opening a medication storage box. The employee was hospitalized after experiencing respiratory distress due to pulmonary edema caused by an anaphylactic reaction.

Source

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