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Hartford Healthcare

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue — Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis — SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Hartford Healthcare in SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT
Employer Hartford Healthcare Report ID 2017043235
Address Bradley Memorial Hospital, 81 Meriden Avenue City, State ZIP SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT 06489
Event Date April 10, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 622110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.59000, -72.87000

Incident Narrative

An employee was responding to a code, touched something on a patient's bed and went into anaphylactic shock which triggered a cardiac event.

Incident Summary

On April 10, 2017, a worker at Hartford Healthcare in SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT suffered anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis to the body systems. The incident was classified as exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 653 severe injury reports involving "Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue" incidents in our database. Browse all Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue injuries.

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