# Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified at US Ecology Texas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098393` · 9/10/2024 · ROBSTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to harmful substances  unspecified
- **Source:** Benzene
- **Secondary source:** Personal protective equipment (PPE)  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** US Ecology Texas, Inc.
- **Location:** 3277 CR 69, ROBSTOWN, TEXAS, 78380
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressure washing a vacuum box when she began feeling ill, nauseous, and developed a headache, elevated heart rate, and chills. The employee was hospitalized due to possible benzene exposure. The employee was wearing PPE at the time.

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