Hazmat and emergency medical service workers examined two city Public Works employees this morning after a woman threw a foul-smelling substance on them near PNC Park on the North Shore.

The workers were not injured, they showed no signs of contamination and they have returned to work, police said.

The workers were emptying trash cans on Federal Street about 8:15 a.m. when a woman — wearing a beige head wrap and skirt — walked up to them, police said in a press release.

Her hand was balled up in a fist, police said. She motioned as if she were throwing something on them and opened her hand, police said. The workers did not see anything leave her hand, but they immediately smelled "a foul odor, possibly perfume," police said.

The woman walked across the Roberto Clemente Bridge toward Downtown. Police searched the area but did not find her.

The workers returned to 6th Division in the Strip District and reported the incident to their supervisor, who ordered the medical evaluation.

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