# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at Defiance Metal Products
> OSHA SIR `2018088039` · 8/7/2018 · HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Defiance Metal Products
- **Location:** 944 By Pass Rd, HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72543
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a handheld spot welder when he started to feel ill and experienced cramps and nausea. He was hospitalized for heat stress.

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