RAVENNA, OHIO·2018-12-09

Wellpath

Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified · Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia

At a glance

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Wellpath, 8240 Infirmary Road, RAVENNA, OHIO 44266 on 2018-12-09, Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia, affecting the body systems.

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Final narrative

About 90 minutes after an employee had completed the processing of an inmate he became unresponsive and was hospitalized, apparently due to an exposure to fentanyl.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Drugs-nonmedicinal

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