# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Rehau Automotive, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021184` · 2/7/2017 · CULLMAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Xylene
## Employer
- **Name:** Rehau Automotive, LLC
- **Location:** 2424 Industrial Drive SW, CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35055
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attending a meeting in a conference room next to a laboratory. The lab was using xylene in a ventilated hood when the hood fan failed and xylene was released into the conference room. The employee suffered a respiratory allergic reaction and was hospitalized.

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