# Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory at Supercon, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2024054659` · 5/28/2024 · SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Nitric acid
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables nonelectrified
## Employer
- **Name:** Supercon, Incorporated
- **Location:** 830 BOSTON TURNPIKE, SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01545
- **NAICS:** 331422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with inserting wire into a nitric acid bath. The wire was pulled out and made a splash causing the employee to inhale the nitric acid vapors. The employee was hospitalized with injury to their lungs.

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