# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at BayCare Health System, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20171212269` · 12/28/2017 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## 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:** Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BayCare Health System, Inc
- **Location:** 1200 7th Ave. N., SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33705
- **NAICS:** 62199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside an empty patient's room in a hallway that was being cleaned when she was overwhelmed by the cleaning chemical fumes. She became short of breath and required hospitalization.

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