# Heat stroke at Whiting Petroleum Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076559` · 7/20/2016 · MANDAREE, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat stroke
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Whiting Petroleum Corporation
- **Location:** Well site Skunk Creek 4-1-17, MANDAREE, NORTH DAKOTA, 58757
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While starting a pumping unit at a well site, an employee felt ill and asked for assistance. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.

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