# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Global Diving & Salvage, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032625` · 3/29/2016 · SITKA, ALASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Carbon monoxide
- **Secondary source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Diving & Salvage, Inc.
- **Location:** Eileson Harbor, SITKA, ALASKA, 99835
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was diving for 63 minutes at a depth of 37 feet when he felt ill. He surfaced and showed signs of carbon monoxide poisoning from a breathing air compressor.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*