# Heat exhaustion, prostration at DHS Border Patrol
> OSHA SIR `2021064913` · 6/16/2021 · LAREDO, 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:** DHS Border Patrol
- **Location:** Dix Ranch, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78045
- **NAICS:** 922190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A border agent developed heat exhaustion while tracking in brush.

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