# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Bracken Construction
> OSHA SIR `2016087055` · 8/1/2016 · VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Bracken Construction
- **Location:** 3908 Halls Ferry Road, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39180
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While decking on the roof, an employee became overheated and required hospitalization for heat exhaustion.

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