# Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
> OSHA SIR `2017109805` · 10/12/2017 · CASSVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Asphyxiations, strangulations, suffocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Depletion of oxygen
- **Source:** Oxygen-deficient environment
- **Secondary source:** Water sports equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- **Location:** 100 E Crawford Street, CASSVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53806
- **NAICS:** 112511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring and collecting mussels in a river when she became low on oxygen and lost consciousness underwater. She was hospitalized.

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