# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at United States Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018054293` · 5/3/2018 · BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** United States Steel Corporation
- **Location:** Edgar Thomson Plant, BRADDOCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 15104
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out the slag runner on a blast furnace when the employee began to experience muscle cramping in the arms, legs, and back. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration and/or potential heat stress-related symptoms.

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