# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at US Steel Granite City Works
> OSHA SIR `2019099302` · 9/6/2019 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** US Steel Granite City Works
- **Location:** 1951 State st., GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 6, 2019, an employee was working as a keeper helper on the cast floor at the blast furnaces. This involved observing the filling of torpedo ladles, maintaining the iron run, and taking temperature and iron samples. After experiencing cramping, the employee was hospitalized with heat related illness.

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