# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at USFS Deschutes National Forest - Miller Work Center
> OSHA SIR `2022075992` · 7/10/2022 · BEND, OREGON
## 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:** USFS Deschutes National Forest - Miller Work Center
- **Location:** Miller Work Center, BEND, OREGON, 97702
- **NAICS:** 924120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

During physical training, an employee believed she had tweaked her back but did not experience serious discomfort. The employee and her crew went on fire patrol and her symptoms began to worsen. Following her shift, the employee was hospitalized with a heat-related muscular injury.

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