Incident date: 2024-09-30
NAICS industry code: 622110

A patient who had been pepper sprayed was brought into the emergency department by ambulance and with police. An employee was exposed to the pepper spray which exacerbated their asthma and the employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
code_source: title: Tear gas, mace, pepper spray
code_nature: title: Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate