# Heat exhaustion, prostration at SCR Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020065604` · 6/16/2020 · VERNON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** SCR Construction, LLC
- **Location:** US HWY 287, VERNON, TEXAS, 76384
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a miller machine to pour a concrete mow strip in the center median of the highway. He dismounted the machine complaining of a headache due to the heat/exhaust of the machine. He started having trouble breathing and was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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