# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Rokstad Power
> OSHA SIR `2021076164` · 7/26/2021 · ASHFORD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Rokstad Power
- **Location:** 1054-1120 Ashford Hill Rd, ASHFORD, WEST VIRGINIA, 25009
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After carrying a suitcase generator (weighing 45-50 pounds) from a tower to a substation about 125 feet away, an employee felt hot, collapsed, and was hospitalized, suffering from possible heat exhaustion/heat stress.

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