# Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis at Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022021040` · 2/3/2022 · HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corporation
- **Location:** 199 Russell Place, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY, 07601
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing for duty at an ambulance station when she inhaled an unknown residual powder from foam insulation in the back of the ambulance after opening a medication storage box. The employee was hospitalized after experiencing respiratory distress due to pulmonary edema caused by an anaphylactic reaction.

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