# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2019077363` · 7/19/2019 · NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** Uncertain/on road, NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15068
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been driving a garbage truck and loading garbage when he began to experience cramps. The employee was hospitalized with a heat-related illness.

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