# Heat exhaustion, prostration at George-Mckenna Electrical Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2021076021` · 7/22/2021 · DENTON, 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:** George-Mckenna Electrical Contractors
- **Location:** 601 East Hickory Street, DENTON, TEXAS, 76205
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 22, 2021, an employee was doing underground electrical work. After beginning work at 8:00 a.m. and taking a lunch break at 11:30, he became ill at about 2:00 p.m. He 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*