# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
> OSHA SIR `20190910062` · 9/25/2019 · NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY
## 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, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- **Location:** 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, 08901
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had an asthma attack at work after breathing in a chemical in the floor wax.

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