# Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2024054319` · 5/16/2024 · ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
- **Source:** Carbon monoxide
- **Secondary source:** Garbage trucks
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 1500 Hayden Boulevard, ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15037
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a vehicle with a roll-off dumpster. The employee was exposed to carbon monoxide from a leaking exhaust system. The employee was hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure.

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