# Heat exhaustion, prostration at American Bridge Company
> OSHA SIR `2016087449` · 8/10/2016 · DALLAS, 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:** American Bridge Company
- **Location:** 909 East Colorado Blvd., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75203
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While helping to install a metal hand railing, an employee suffered cramping due to working in the heat. The employee was hospitalized overnight for heat exhaustion.

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