# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Allegheny General Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2016054479` · 5/22/2016 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny General Hospital
- **Location:** 320 East North Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15212
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a sterilization machine. As the employee was removing the housing/base of the machine's filter assembly, white mist came out of the inside of the filter. The employee inhaled hydrogen peroxide vapors, requiring hospitalization.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*