# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Mediacom Communications Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016065553` · 6/22/2016 · WASHINGTON PK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Mediacom Communications Corporation
- **Location:** 5601 Forest Blvd, WASHINGTON PK, ILLINOIS, 62204
- **NAICS:** 517210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 22, 2016, an employee had been performing maintenance on service equipment when he was found not fully responsive and slightly incoherent in his truck. He was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.

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