# Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations at Automated Manufacturing Solutions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212437` · 12/3/2019 · STRONGSVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Automated Manufacturing Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** 19706 Progress Dr., STRONGSVILLE, OHIO, 44149
- **NAICS:** 333319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 3, 2019, at 8:45 a.m., an employee was operating a drill press to drill holes in a block of material when his sweatshirt strings became wound in the spindle of the drill press, strangling him. He was found unconscious and hospitalized with short-term memory loss.

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