# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Tomlinson-Bomberger  Lawn Care & Landscape, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054707` · 5/15/2018 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Tomlinson-Bomberger  Lawn Care & Landscape, Inc.
- **Location:** Lancaster Co. Solid Waste Mangement Authority, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17603
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had conducted landscaping, including rototilling, hand raking, and planting, at a work site. Around 4:30 PM, he was riding in the company truck to leave the work site when he felt ill, lightheaded, and dizzy. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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