# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at SWVA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076439` · 7/19/2023 · HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SWVA, Inc.
- **Location:** 217 17th Street, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25703
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 7/19/2023, at 7:00 PM, an employee working near a furnace experienced sweating and cramping. The employee was later hospitalized with heat-related illness involving the kidneys.

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