# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Gloucester Terminals, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2017087949` · 8/18/2017 · GLOUCESTER CITY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Gloucester Terminals, LLC.
- **Location:** King & Essex Streets, GLOUCESTER CITY, NEW JERSEY, 08030
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee began to experience arm and leg cramps while slinging slabs in the hold of a ship, requiring hospitalization for possible heat exhaustion.

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