# Heat exhaustion, prostration at JH Berra Paving Co
> OSHA SIR `2016087408` · 8/9/2016 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** JH Berra Paving Co
- **Location:** 5091 New Baumgart Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63129
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was finishing up concrete padding operations in 90- to 91-degree temperatures with a 105 to 106 heat index when he felt dizzy and experienced cramping. He was hospitalized overnight.

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