# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Gate Precast Company
> OSHA SIR `2019066119` · 6/18/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Gate Precast Company
- **Location:** Braeburne School, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77081
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at a job site helping to unload a truck when the employee became overheated and dehydrated. The employee was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion.

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