# Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations at Helena Chemical Co
> OSHA SIR `2016109354` · 10/4/2016 · BURKBURNETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Engulfment in other collapsing material
- **Source:** Fertilizers, plant food, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Helena Chemical Co
- **Location:** 2202 S Red River EXPY, BURKBURNETT, TEXAS, 76354
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a loader to load dry fertilizer into a truck when a wall of dry (hard) fertilizer broke loose, broke the windshield of the loader, and engulfed the loader and the employee up to the middle of his chest. He suffered breathing difficulties and leg contusions, requiring hospitalization.

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