# Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia at Waste Connections of Florida, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054324` · 5/8/2025 · ST PETERSBURG BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, poisoning-related asphyxia
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision incident  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, and pay loaders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Connections of Florida, Inc.
- **Location:** 1190 20th Street North, ST PETERSBURG BEACH, FLORIDA, 33706
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a loader to push a recycling pile when the loader caught fire. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from smoke inhalation.

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