Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory

Name: Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory at Albert Einstein Medical Center
Start: 1/25/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025010799 · 1/25/2025 · Albert Einstein Medical Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects other respiratory

Cause

Event: Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift
Source: Other smoke, fire gases
Secondary source: Heroin

Employer

Name: Albert Einstein Medical Center
Location: 5501 Old York Road, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19141
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was investigating the smell of smoke coming from a room and experienced an asthma attack after breathing in the smoke from the heroin a patient was smoking. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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