# Coughing and throat irritation- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Young Men's Christian Association of the Fox Cities, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032040` · 3/5/2023 · APPLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Coughing and throat irritation- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
- **Secondary source:** Acids, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Young Men's Christian Association of the Fox Cities, Inc.
- **Location:** 218 East Lawrence Street, APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54911
- **NAICS:** 713940
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking pool chemicals when chlorine and muriatic acid were mixed together, creating chlorine gas. The employee inhaled the gas and began coughing. The employee was hospitalized for irritation of the respiratory tract.

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