# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
> OSHA SIR `2016076797` · 7/26/2016 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
- **Location:** 200 Innovation Way, AKRON, OHIO, 44316
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While setting up a curing work area, an employee was exposed to extreme heat from the curing operation and steam, requiring hospitalization for heat exhaustion.

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