# Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory at Nebraska Medicine
> OSHA SIR `2024099140` · 9/30/2024 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Tear gas, mace, pepper spray
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Nebraska Medicine
- **Location:** 987400 Nebraska Medical Center, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68198
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A patient who had been pepper sprayed was brought into the emergency department by ambulance and with police. An employee was exposed to the pepper spray which exacerbated their asthma and the employee was hospitalized.

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