# Legionnaires' disease at Retech Systems LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065321` · 6/16/2024 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Legionnaires' disease
## Cause
- **Event:** Inhalation of harmful substance  repeated or prolonged
- **Source:** Bacteria
- **Secondary source:** Antifreeze
## Employer
- **Name:** Retech Systems LLC
- **Location:** 175 Milens Road, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at his desk inside the manufacturing plant near a manual lathe machine that makes spare parts from metal. The machine has coolant that tested positive for Legionella that caused the employee to develop severe respiratory symptoms requiring hospitalization.

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