# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at Wise Electric Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2017088021` · 8/21/2017 · DECATUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Wise Electric Cooperative
- **Location:** CR 3170, DECATUR, TEXAS, 76234
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been leveling dirt with a shovel in the hot sun for almost 8 hours when he felt very faint. He was hospitalized for heat stress.

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