# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at Ameren Illinois Company
> OSHA SIR `2021086832` · 8/12/2021 · EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameren Illinois Company
- **Location:** Ameren Illinois Effingham Operating Center, EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS, 62401
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had installed a new pole and returned to the operating center when they began to feel light-headed and nauseous. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness.

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