# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at U.S. Border Patrol
> OSHA SIR `2021098443` · 9/30/2021 · DEL RIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Border Patrol
- **Location:** near the Del Rio border, DEL RIO, TEXAS, 78840
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee sustained dehydration while on patrol.

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