# Heat stroke at Cox Rhode Island Telecom, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2018077789` · 7/31/2018 · WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat stroke
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Cox Rhode Island Telecom, L.L.C.
- **Location:** Road, WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND, 02895
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just installed a telecommunication cable and was climbing down a ladder when he began to feel light headed and dizzy. He was hospitalized for heat stroke symptoms.

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