# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center
> OSHA SIR `2022119780` · 11/7/2022 · SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center
- **Location:** 1551 N. Thoreau, SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS, 60173
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing work orders from a computer located in the boiler room. The employee began to experience nausea and pain in the legs. The employee was found sitting in a chair, unresponsive; they were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning.

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