# Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified at Department of Homeland Security
> OSHA SIR `2024076437` · 7/16/2024 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to harmful substance through exposed tissue  unspecified
- **Source:** Latex
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Homeland Security
- **Location:** 1000 Col Eileen Collins Blvd, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13212
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking passenger's boarding passes and IDs at an airport when they had an allergic reaction to latex and were hospitalized.

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