# Pneumonia, influenza, unspecified at PACTIV CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20231110749` · 11/21/2023 · MALVERN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lung(s), pleura
- **Nature of injury:** Pneumonia, influenza, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Bacteria
## Employer
- **Name:** PACTIV CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1105 INDUSTRIAL LANE, MALVERN, ARKANSAS, 72104
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the screens of a water system and used compressed air to blow out and clean the metal screens. This aerosolized water droplets and the employee was exposed to Legionella pneumophila bacteria, resulting in pneumonia that required hospitalization.

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