# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Red Dirt Associates, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181213025` · 12/19/2018 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Buffers, polishers, waxers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Red Dirt Associates, Inc.
- **Location:** 1123 NE Grand Blvd, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73117
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a propane buffer in an enclosed area when he felt dizzy and fell striking his head against a wall. The employee was hospitalized for a head injury and carbon monoxide poisoning.

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