# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at American Waterworks
> OSHA SIR `2023076117` · 7/10/2023 · NEW ROCKFORD, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** American Waterworks
- **Location:** 502 First Avenue South, NEW ROCKFORD, NORTH DAKOTA, 58356
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mixing concrete in an enclosed space. Carbon monoxide, emitted from a gasoline engine, overcame the employee and they lost consciousness.

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