# Pulmonary edema at State Metal Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021086681` · 8/9/2021 · CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Pulmonary edema
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
## Employer
- **Name:** State Metal Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 941 South 2nd Street, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, 08101
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was responding to a chlorine leak and walked into a cloud of chlorine gas. The employee was hospitalized for pulmonary edema.

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