# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Torrance Casting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021065158` · 6/24/2021 · LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Torrance Casting, Inc.
- **Location:** 3131 Commerce Street, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54603
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hammer to break sprues off castings when they began to experience symptoms of heat exhaustion and were hospitalized.

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