# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at U.S. Postal Service Redlake Post Office
> OSHA SIR `2016010584` · 1/21/2016 · REDLAKE, MINNESOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Carbon monoxide
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service Redlake Post Office
- **Location:** 115 State Highway 1, REDLAKE, MINNESOTA, 56671
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On January 21, 2016, an employee smelled something and became lightheaded while sorting mail into post office boxes. She was hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty heat exchanger on the building furnace.

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