# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at D Schumacher Landscaping Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022086812` · 8/3/2022 · NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
## 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:** D Schumacher Landscaping Inc.
- **Location:** Broadway, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02840
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been landscaping outdoors on a day with high heat and high humidity. Later, while in a company truck, the employee began having leg cramps and other heat-related symptoms. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.

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