# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at American Electric Power
> OSHA SIR `20190910153` · 9/27/2019 · EDINBURG, TEXAS
## 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:** American Electric Power
- **Location:** 158 West FM 1925, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78539
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing cleanup operations at a job site, an employee became ill due to direct sun exposure, requiring hospitalization for heat stress.

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