OSHA Injury Report: Sevier Valley Hospital

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Folding clean laundry

What happened

I was folding laundry at the table and I noticed a strong bleach smell. Usually we will notice the smell of bleach when the bleach cycle starts but it 's very faint and the odor dissipates within about 15 seconds. This time the bleach smell was very strong and lasted much longer. [REDACTED] my eyes started watering a bit and one of the housekeepers walked in to the laundry room and said the bleach smelled strong and it was making her eyes water. I figured the fumes would dissipate quickly so I kept working. The subsequent laundry cycles were normal and only had the usual faint odor of bleach. We had our afternoon huddle at [REDACTED] and by then I had a headache sore throat and my sinuses hurt.Later that [REDACTED] I was in the laundry office with the door closed and when I walked out to check on something the strong bleach smell was there again so I went back to the office and closed the door. [REDACTED] the load was finished and when I opened the door to the washer and reached in to

Injury or illness

Burning feeling in throat and sinuses watering eyes headache and left neck pain wheezing shortness of breath

Object or substance involved

Chemicals Airborne

Summary line

Chemical Exposure Eyes; Head; Internal Organs: Lungs; Neck

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.