# Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect at Heidtman Steel Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077000` · 7/12/2018 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified
- **Source:** Hydrogen chloride, hydrochloric acid
## Employer
- **Name:** Heidtman Steel Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 4600 Heidtman Pkwy, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44105
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on top of a pickle line tank with the lid off when he became very hot and had difficulty breathing due to heat or hydrochloric acid exposure. He was hospitalized.

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