# Multiple effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure at Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2024021873` · 2/29/2024 · LAFAYETTE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
- **Source:** Cats, felines domestic
- **Secondary source:** Towels, linens, bedding
## Employer
- **Name:** Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital
- **Location:** 200 Exempla Circle, LAFAYETTE, COLORADO, 80026
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was providing care to a patient when they moved blankets that had cat dander, causing an allergic reaction. The employee experienced anaphylaxis and respiratory distress and was hospitalized.

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