# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Wellpath
> OSHA SIR `20181212629` · 12/9/2018 · RAVENNA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified
- **Source:** Drugs-nonmedicinal
## Employer
- **Name:** Wellpath
- **Location:** 8240 Infirmary Road, RAVENNA, OHIO, 44266
- **NAICS:** 621999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

About 90 minutes after an employee had completed the processing of an inmate he became unresponsive and was hospitalized, apparently due to an exposure to fentanyl.

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