# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Deer Creek Electric
> OSHA SIR `2020098642` · 9/11/2020 · CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Natural gas
## Employer
- **Name:** Deer Creek Electric
- **Location:** 507 Garden Sage Ct, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO, 80104
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing electrical work inside a house under construction. An excavator broke a gas pipe behind the house, possibly exposing the employee to natural gas. The employee suffered shortness of breath and dizziness and was hospitalized.

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