# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at THE BOEING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2017099026` · 9/20/2017 · SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Battery-vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** THE BOEING COMPANY
- **Location:** 2600 N. Highway 94, SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI, 63301
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was witnessing a vehicle test when a lithium-ion battery caught on fire. The employee inhaled smoke from the fire and chemical fumes from the halon extinguisher used to put out the fire.

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