# Multiple effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure at Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025054413` · 5/9/2025 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
- **Source:** Chemicals and hazardous materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tank, bin, vat interiors  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sulzer Chemtech USA, Inc
- **Location:** 1050 Chemstrand Ave, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing structured packing inside a confined space located within a propionitrile (PN) refiner unit. The employee was exposed to an unknown chemical and started feeling lightheaded and nauseated. The employee exited the vessel and was hospitalized for inhalation of an unknown chemical.

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