# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Covanta Palm Beach Resource Recovery, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020098879` · 9/18/2020 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Covanta Palm Beach Resource Recovery, LLC
- **Location:** 6501 N Jog Rd, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33412
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing shredder equipment that was jammed and began to have leg cramps. The employee 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*