Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202489688 - Employee Suffers from Latex Exposure
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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313230708 | 10/22/2009 | 8051 | 623110 | Windsor Chico Creek Care & Rehabilitation Center L |
Abstract: At approximately 1:45 p.m. on July 25, 2009, Employee #1, a licensed vocational nurse, was working with another licensed vocational nurse, a coworker, to give a patient an enema. Employee #1 donned latex gloves and the coworker then said the enema was not needed. Employee #1 took off her gloves and felt a headache. She took a pill and felt it lodge in her throat. She used her fingers to dislodge the pill without washing her hands. She began having difficulty breathing and was hospitalized for two days for an allergic reaction to latex.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 313230708 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Licensed practical nurses |