# Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified at Watts Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `20161211630` · 12/14/2016 · WAVERLY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Carbon monoxide
- **Secondary source:** Tarps, plastic or fabric sheeting
## Employer
- **Name:** Watts Electric Company
- **Location:** I-80/84th St, WAVERLY, NEBRASKA, 68462
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cement mixer that was covered with a tarp due to extreme cold temperatures. The tarp covered the mixer's exhaust and trapped carbon monoxide vapors, which the employee inhaled.

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