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MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER

Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode — Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect — TOWN AND COUNTRY, MISSOURI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER in TOWN AND COUNTRY, MISSOURI
Employer MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER Report ID 2019010190
Address 3015 N. BALLAS ROAD City, State ZIP TOWN AND COUNTRY, MISSOURI 63131
Event Date January 7, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode Source of Injury Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 622110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 38.63000, -90.44000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working in rooms along a hospital hallway, performing respiratory treatments for her assigned patients. She noticed a bleach smell in the hallway as she entered a room. While in the room she continued smelling bleach, so she put on a surgical mask and closed the door behind her. Later, after working in other rooms and removing her mask, she entered a room with a recliner that had been wiped down with bleach shortly before she entered. She was hospitalized, suffering respiratory distress.

Incident Summary

On January 7, 2019, a worker at MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER in TOWN AND COUNTRY, MISSOURI suffered other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect to the body systems. The incident was classified as inhalation of harmful substance-single episode, with chemicals and chemical products, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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