Incident date: 2017-12-19
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was pushing a cart with housekeeping tools and products down a hospital hallway. She was passing by the access to a construction area when a construction worker exited it through a zippered plastic barrier. The employee was then exposed to dust that escaped through the barrier,  which caused her to have an asthma attack.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
code_source: title: Dirt particles and dust from dirt, debris
code_nature: title: Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate