# Symptoms involving cardiovascular system, n.e.c. at REFRESCO BEVERAGES LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201110485` · 11/5/2020 · COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heart
- **Nature of injury:** Symptoms involving cardiovascular system, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified
- **Source:** Drugs-nonmedicinal
## Employer
- **Name:** REFRESCO BEVERAGES LLC
- **Location:** 1001 10th Ave, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, 31901
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee began to feel ill while dumping powdered caffeine into a vat. He was hospitalized, suffering from heart palpitations caused by the caffeine.

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