# Heat stroke at Alabama Guardrail, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076664` · 7/18/2017 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat stroke
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Alabama Guardrail, Inc.
- **Location:** I-759 Right Of Way, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35901
- **NAICS:** 237210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a guardrail along the interstate and suffered heat stroke. The employee became light headed and fell over with cramps and nausea.

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