# Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects at Eddy Memorial Geriatric
> OSHA SIR `2020043808` · 4/25/2020 · TROY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Medical and surgical instruments and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Eddy Memorial Geriatric
- **Location:** 2256 Burdett Ave, TROY, NEW YORK, 12180
- **NAICS:** 624120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a COVID-19 unit, and accordingly was wearing full PPE during her shifts on April 25 and April 26, 2020, including an N95 mask. She felt itching on her forehead and around the mask on April 25, then developed swollen eyelids and hives to the face, trunk, and legs on April 26. She became short of breath at home on April 28 and was hospitalized, suffering from diffuse urticaria and dyspnea, possibly from the mask.

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