# Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at University of Rochester
> OSHA SIR `2021065366` · 6/30/2021 · BROCKPORT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Carbon monoxide
- **Secondary source:** Ambulance, police, and other emergency passenger vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** University of Rochester
- **Location:** 156 West Avenue, BROCKPORT, NEW YORK, 14420
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a computer workstation. An idling ambulance was parked outside the building next to the air intake vent that comes directly into the office area on the second floor. The employee experienced headache, dizziness, and nausea and was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide exposure.

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