# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Walmart Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088235` · 8/12/2018 · DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Chlorine, chlorine bleach
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 1101 Beville Rd., DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32119
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a customer when a bleach container fell out of the customer's cart and ruptured upon contact with the floor. As the employee was calling for cleanup and guarding the spill, she experienced an asthma attack from the bleach vapors, requiring hospitalization.

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