Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corporation, 199 Russell Place, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY 07601
on , Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis, affecting the body systems.
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Final 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.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSChemicals and chemical products, unspecified
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