# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at U.S. Customs and Border Protection
> OSHA SIR `2017099103` · 9/22/2017 · WESLACO, 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:** U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- **Location:** 1501 E. Expressway 83, WESLACO, TEXAS, 78599
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While processing detainees at a desk, an employee experienced shortness of breath and an accelerated heart rate due to heat stress.

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