# Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia at Neumeyer Environmental Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043530` · 4/15/2025 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
- **Source:** Carbon monoxide
- **Secondary source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Neumeyer Environmental Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 4571 Tilghman St., ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18104
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using a propane-powered walk-behind grinding machine inside a sealed asbestos containment area. Two employees 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*