# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at Amresco, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010850` · 1/27/2017 · SOLON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified
- **Source:** Cyanide and cyanide compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Amresco, LLC
- **Location:** 28600 Fountain Parkway, SOLON, OHIO, 44139
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using ammonium hydroxide with water to test a product for lead when he was exposed to potassium cyanide. The employee was hospitalized for cyanide poisoning.

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