# Heat exhaustion, prostration at CarMax
> OSHA SIR `2015074544` · 7/11/2015 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** CarMax
- **Location:** 11880 IH-35 North, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78233
- **NAICS:** 441120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting down at the Service Operations Desk when he began to feel dizzy and light headed. When he got up he fell to the floor of the service drive. After being assisted by the other associates he was transported to the hospital and diagnosed with heat exhaustion. The temperature at the time of the incident was 86 degrees with the previous 6 hours being between 89 and 91 degrees.

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