# Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects at St. Elizabeth's Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2016065801` · 6/28/2016 · BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Elizabeth's Hospital
- **Location:** 211 South Third St., BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62220
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a pump to a commercial washing machine. After using water to prime the pump, the employee ran the cleaning fluid to the pump. Residual water with cleaning product was caught in a hand-held container. The employee inhaled the cleaning product odor and experienced respiratory tract irritation and distress.

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