# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Fort Worth Meat Packers
> OSHA SIR `2022109478` · 10/28/2022 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## 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:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Fort Worth Meat Packers
- **Location:** 3801 North Grove Street, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76106
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A gas-powered forklift was inside the grinding department for approximately one hour.  An employee began to have blurry vision, dizziness, nausea, fainting episodes, and seizures and was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

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