The unidentified security worker encountered the package while sorting through mail at the ball club's front office Tuesday, according to Cubs and police officials.
A Chicago Cubs security worker had an allergic reaction to an unidentified substance on a piece of mail Tuesday, triggering a hazardous materials response from the Chicago Fire officials. Authorities later determined that there wasn’t a threat to public safety, Cubs spokesperson Julian Green said in an email. Chicago Police sent its Bomb and Arson unit to the area and described the substance as a “skin irritant.
, according to police. The guard found a “foreign substance contained in a small package as part of our mail screening process,” according to Green. The unidentified worker was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center as a precaution and was treated and released, Green said. “During the initial safety assessment and investigation, some areas of the building were not accessible,” Green said.
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