# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Water Tech, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088292` · 8/12/2019 · CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Water Tech, Inc.
- **Location:** 301 East Cherry Street, CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72830
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading 50 percent sodium hydroxide from a tanker truck when he became hot and sat down to cool off and drink water. He was hospitalized for possible heat exhaustion.

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