# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Toll Bros, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018044057` · 4/27/2018 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## 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:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Toll Bros, Inc.
- **Location:** *550 Hercules Road - Greenville Overlook, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19808
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a gas-powered pressure washer inside the basement of a residential construction site to wash out the concrete floor when he started to feel dizzy and was overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning. He was hospitalized.

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