# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at Val-Matic Valve Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088580` · 8/19/2019 · ELMHURST, 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:** Val-Matic Valve Inc.
- **Location:** 905 S. Riverside Dr., ELMHURST, ILLINOIS, 60126
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a large casting when he passed out from heat-related illness and fell into the hot casting. His helmet also cut his lip. He suffered a facial abrasion and burns to the stomach and arm.

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