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Help at Home, LLC

Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified — Infectious and parasitic diseases, unspecified — GARDENDALE, ALABAMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Help at Home, LLC in GARDENDALE, ALABAMA
Employer Help at Home, LLC Report ID 2019066183
Address 327 Decatur Highway City, State ZIP GARDENDALE, ALABAMA 35071
Event Date June 19, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Infectious and parasitic diseases, unspecified Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified Source of Injury Infectious and parasitic agents, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 621610 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.63000, -86.80000

Incident Narrative

An employee contracted an infectious parasite while servicing a client.

Incident Summary

On June 19, 2019, a worker at Help at Home, LLC in GARDENDALE, ALABAMA suffered infectious and parasitic diseases, unspecified to the body systems. The incident was classified as exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified, with infectious and parasitic agents, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 18 severe injury reports involving "Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified injuries.

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