# Heat exhaustion, prostration at TMS International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054075` · 5/6/2023 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** TMS International, LLC
- **Location:** 2100 Jack Warner Parkway NE, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35404
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a thick metal plate using a handheld torch when they began experiencing symptoms of heat exhaustion. The employee was hospitalized.

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