# Mycoses, n.e.c. at SPIRE INC.
> OSHA SIR `20231110496` · 11/14/2023 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Mycoses, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
- **Source:** Fungi, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SPIRE INC.
- **Location:** 601 Brasilia Avenue, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64153
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were digging up and capping old gas lines. They were exposed to bird droppings and suffered histoplasmosis, a respiratory infection. Both employees were hospitalized.

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