# Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations at Dixie Electrical Controls and Automation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020032481` · 3/16/2020 · TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dixie Electrical Controls and Automation, Inc.
- **Location:** 1804 S Green Street, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38801
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an aerial lift and was elevated 9.5 feet. While traveling backwards, he was pinned between the cage of the aerial lift and overhead structure bracing. The employee's chest/neck area was pinned, cutting off oxygen and resulting in strangulation.

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