# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Rheem Manufacturing Company, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018054528` · 5/9/2018 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Carbon monoxide
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rheem Manufacturing Company, Inc
- **Location:** 2600 Gunter Park Drive East, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36109
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were running a test on a prototype tankless water heater that ran on natural gas when the unit started to overheat. The carbon monoxide alarm sounded and the employees evacuated the room, but one employee was exposed to the gas and required hospitalization.

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