# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Gerdau Macsteel
> OSHA SIR `2017076252` · 7/7/2017 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau Macsteel
- **Location:** 5225 Planters Rd, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72916
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/7/2017, an employee began to feel unwell after monitoring equipment while steel solidified. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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