# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Belgioioso Cheese, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171212210` · 12/26/2017 · FREEDOM, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Belgioioso Cheese, Inc.
- **Location:** N4056 Vine Rd, FREEDOM, WISCONSIN, 54913
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a laboratory adjacent to a boiler room when she was exposed to carbon monoxide emissions from a boiler exhaust leak. She suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and was hospitalized.

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