# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at LoneStar Paving
> OSHA SIR `2020054709` · 5/21/2020 · NEW BRAUNFELS, 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:** LoneStar Paving
- **Location:** South Kowald Lane, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shoveling hot asphalt when he started to feel unwell. Around the afternoon, after sitting in the shade and drinking some water, he became ill and required hospitalization for heat illness.

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