# Heat exhaustion, prostration at LFI, Ft. Pierce, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098598` · 9/12/2016 · HATTIESBURG, 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:** LFI, Ft. Pierce, Inc.
- **Location:** 1950 Lincoln Road, HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39402
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee became overheated and suffered from heat exhaustion while flagging traffic.

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