# Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory at VanDeMark Chemical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054498` · 5/13/2025 · LOCKPORT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poison, toxic, or allergenic effects  other respiratory
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance  single episode or single shift
- **Source:** Phosgene
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** VanDeMark Chemical, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 North Transit Road, LOCKPORT, NEW YORK, 14094
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a routine tank change when phosgene gas was released. The employee was exposed to the gas for about a minute. After about six hours, the employee developed respiratory distress symptoms. The employee was hospitalized.

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