# Coughing and throat irritation- toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Honeywell International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098674` · 9/20/2023 · METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Honeywell International, Inc.
- **Location:** 2768 N US 45 ROAD, METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS, 62960
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a uranium hexafluoride line from a tank that had been filled. Prior to securing the manifold cap, a co-worker was manipulating a valve on another cylinder fill spot, resulting in back-pressure and uranium hexafluoride wisping through the unsecured manifold cap. The employee inhaled the chemical and was hospitalized.

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