# Heart failure at Richwood Investment Casting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077442` · 7/23/2018 · HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heart failure
## Cause
- **Event:** Bodily conditions, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bodily conditions of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Richwood Investment Casting, Inc.
- **Location:** Richwood Investment Coatings, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25701
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 07/23/18, an employee was working with a grinder and low carbon cast steel shot that contained iron, manganese, carbon, and silica. He experienced respiratory issues and leg and foot swelling. He was hospitalized for congestive heart failure.

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