Department of Medicine and Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program, Olympia, WA 98501, USA.
Occup Med (Lond). 2023 May 18;73(4):219-222. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqad009.
Logistics workers who handle cargo containers are at risk of toxic inhalation injuries, although prevalence and severities of these injuries are not well characterized. We report on a previously healthy 37-year-old supervisor who was acutely exposed to sodium metabisulphite and its thermal degradation by-products during a routine inspection of a shipping container. The employee developed chemical pneumonitis with acute non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema and subsequent severe reactive airway dysfunction syndrome.
处理货柜的物流工人有遭受吸入性中毒的风险，尽管这些伤害的流行率和严重程度尚未得到充分描述。我们报告了一名先前健康的 37 岁主管，他在对一个运输货柜进行例行检查时，突然暴露于亚硫酸钠及其热降解产物中。该员工发生化学性肺炎，伴有急性非心源性肺水肿，随后出现严重的反应性气道功能障碍综合征。
