# Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects at OMI Environmental Solutions
> OSHA SIR `2016087225` · 8/4/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OMI Environmental Solutions
- **Location:** 15602 Jacintoport Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a tractor pulling a stainless steel trailer containing a chemical solution when he felt an explosion from the trailer. He exited the tractor and was engulfed in fumes, causing loss of eyesight, difficulty speaking, and chest and throat irritation. He was hospitalized.

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