# Multiple effects of heat and light at Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087599` · 8/9/2017 · CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS
## 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:** Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 28.72152, -99.67792, CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS, 78839
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a four man crew to remove and replace rotted electrical poles outside. He had been digging, tamping, pushing, pulling, and setting poles when he became ill and slouched over. He was hospitalized for multiple heat-related illnesses.

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