# Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations at Xytex Cryo International, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2017021138` · 2/5/2017 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Nitrogen
## Employer
- **Name:** Xytex Cryo International, LTD.
- **Location:** 1100 Emmett St., AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30904
- **NAICS:** 621991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was responding to an emergency call after a liquid nitrogen leak at a laboratory. When the employee entered the lab to close the valves, the employee inhaled nitrogen, suffering hypoxia and loss of consciousness. The employee was hospitalized.

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