# Asphyxiation  except toxic or allergenic at Larry Bair Excavating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054151` · 5/11/2024 · LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Asphyxiation  except toxic or allergenic
## Cause
- **Event:** Oxygen displacement
- **Source:** Oxygen deficient environment
- **Secondary source:** Saws  except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Larry Bair Excavating, Inc.
- **Location:** 1601 SW HWY 150, LEES SUMMIT, MISSOURI, 64082
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding a piece of concrete in a manhole with a gas-powered saw when they lost consciousness from a lack of oxygen and were hospitalized.

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