# Multiple effects of heat and light at Bessemer Inspection Center
> OSHA SIR `2023086949` · 8/1/2023 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple effects of heat and light
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Bessemer Inspection Center
- **Location:** 1951 Morgan Road, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35022
- **NAICS:** 441120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading and unloading a truck when he lost consciousness due to heat exhaustion and dehydration, causing him to fall to the floor. The employee sustained a laceration to the right side of his head that required staples as well as an elbow laceration. The employee also suffered knee and neck pain.

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