Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect

An employee was going to a residence to provide emergency medical treatment to a patient with shortness of breath. The employee began having breathing problems and suffered poisoning once inside the residence, where the patient had set off insect foggers.

An employee was delivering a pizza in a resident’s driveway when an assailant sprayed her in the face with pepper spray. She experienced difficulty breathing and an upper respiratory issue.

An employee experienced an asthma attack possibly related to an unknown odor in the workplace.

An employee was threading and preparing to install a fire water pipe when several employees began to experience respiratory irritation. A visible plume of hydrofluoric acid gas was in the vicinity. The crew began evacuating the unit and an employee was hospitalized for treatment.

An employee was delivering a package to a customer when the package leaked liquid bath/body product on the employee. The employee suffered an allergic reaction and breathing difficulty.

An employee was cleaning the oven. She sprayed degreaser and then put the oven in the self-cleaning cycle. When she opened the oven, she was exposed to the fumes inside and experienced lung irritation, requiring hospitalization.

An employee attempted to contain an active fire using a fire extinguisher when she suffered smoke inhalation. She was hospitalized.

An employee’s H2S monitor went off while he was delivering salt water on location. He eventually became ill and was hospitalized with respiratory problems.

An employee was offloading aqua ammonia from a truck at a customer’s site. The employee closed the valve on the customer’s side. He disconnected the hose on the truck side, but did not close the valve. The employee was exposed to aqua ammonia fumes and hospitalized. He was wearing a respirator at the time of […]

An employee was standing in a room next to the shaft alley of a boat on a dry dock where two employees were heating a steel coupling (shaft that holds the prop on the boat) using two rose buds with forced air and exhaust ventilation established. They were heating the coupling so it would expand […]