# Multiple effects of heat and light at American Sugar Refining, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065357` · 6/1/2018 · ARABI, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple effects of heat and light
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** American Sugar Refining, Inc.
- **Location:** 7417 North Peters Street, ARABI, LOUISIANA, 70032
- **NAICS:** 311312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee became overheated and lost consciousness while prepping a railroad car to bulk load sugar onto it. The employee suffered from heat stroke/heat exhaustion/heat stress.

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