# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at FedEx Ground
> OSHA SIR `20181111428` · 11/6/2018 · DAYTON, NEW JERSEY
## 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 dioxide, dry ice
## Employer
- **Name:** FedEx Ground
- **Location:** 63 Stultz Road, DAYTON, NEW JERSEY, 08810
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 6, 2018, after spending about 45 minutes unloading cardboard boxes containing chocolate packed with dry ice from a trailer, an employee became ill, vomited, left the trailer, and lost consciousness. Suffering from carbon dioxide intoxication, the employee was hospitalized.

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