# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Mauser Packaging Solutions dBA Meyer Steel Drum, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021076255` · 7/28/2021 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Mauser Packaging Solutions dBA Meyer Steel Drum, Inc.
- **Location:** 3201 S. Millard Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 332431
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shifting empty 55-gallon steel drums from floor level onto a conveyor at the unloading dock. When the employee sat down to take a break, he lost consciousness and was later admitted to the hospital for heat exhaustion.

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