# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Centerpoint Energy Entex
> OSHA SIR `2019076870` · 7/9/2019 · 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:** Centerpoint Energy Entex
- **Location:** 2002 Chantilly Ln., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77018
- **NAICS:** 221210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hand-digging to access a natural gas line. He became ill and was hospitalized, suffering from heat stress/exhaustion.

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