# Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia at A. L. Kauffman & Sons Company
> OSHA SIR `2017087410` · 8/3/2017 · BIRD IN HAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** A. L. Kauffman & Sons Company
- **Location:** 3097 Old Philadelphia Pike, BIRD IN HAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17505
- **NAICS:** 111331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee worked alone for an extended period of time in an enclosed cold storage room using a propane-fueled forklift to move, stack, and store pallets of peaches. The forklift had an exhaust issue, and the employee experienced an overexposure to carbon monoxide. The employee was hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning.

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