# Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory at BJ's Wholesale Club
> OSHA SIR `2024010763` · 1/24/2024 · COMMACK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
- **Source:** General chemical products  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** BJ's Wholesale Club
- **Location:** 2 Veterans Memorial Highway, COMMACK, NEW YORK, 11725
- **NAICS:** 424310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scanning a member's purchase when a box containing septic treatment powder was dropped, causing a cloud of the powder to eject. The employee inhaled the chemical and was hospitalized with throat irritation and difficulty breathing.

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