# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Wal-Mart
> OSHA SIR `2020065273` · 6/6/2020 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Wal-Mart
- **Location:** 2825 North Kansas Expressway, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee became faint while directing a queue outside. The employee was hospitalized, suffering from heat exhaustion.

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