# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC dba Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2023054179` · 5/9/2023 · EULESS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC dba Republic Services
- **Location:** 5403 Holly Court, EULESS, TEXAS, 76039
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were driving a work truck and collecting trash. A trash bag that contained pool chemicals was placed in the hopper and began smoking. The employees drove to the nearest open parking lot and extracted the trash bag from the hopper when the injured employee inhaled some of the  smoke. The employee was hospitalized for breathing complications and elevated vital signs.

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