She was diagnosed with atrophic rhinitis, with symptoms including a loss of smell, poor sense of taste, excessive mucus. She also has a daily cough producing green and yellow phlegm. During the course of her work packing the powdered chemicals, occasional spills occurred which Ms L was required to clean up and manually return to the hopper. The role also involved heavy lifting (up to 25kg) and there was little ventilation in the room...
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