# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at River Valley Recycling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022086980` · 8/8/2022 · KANKAKEE, 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:** River Valley Recycling, LLC
- **Location:** 288 W. South-Tec Drive, KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, 60901
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 4:10 p.m. on August 8, 2022, an employee had developed heat stress symptoms (among them cramping, nausea, and tingling in the fingers) after finishing a shift in a furnace room. The employee was hospitalized.

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