# Multiple effects of heat and light at ELCO PAINTING INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017076712` · 7/19/2017 · NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple effects of heat and light
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** ELCO PAINTING INC.
- **Location:** 150 Juniper Dr, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02854
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been painting outside in high temperatures when he felt ill, experiencing nausea and vomiting. He was hospitalized overnight for dehydration and heat stress.

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