# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Bureau of Indian Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2018054648` · 5/14/2018 · RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
- **Secondary source:** Recreation and athletic equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bureau of Indian Affairs
- **Location:** Mezcalero, RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO, 88355
- **NAICS:** 611110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was taking a work capacity test that required the employee to walk 3 miles on flat terrain with a 45-pound vest in 46 minutes or less. At the end of the test, the employee experienced cramps and then lost consciousness, requiring hospitalization for heat exhaustion.

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