# Heat stroke at Chain Electric Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087212` · 8/15/2022 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat stroke
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Chain Electric Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Bnnz Jeny Rd West Hwy 71, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72916
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 15, 2022, at approximately 3:30 p.m. an employee was performing construction on powerlines when he reported that he was not feeling well and was having pain and tingling in his lower right arm. The employee was instructed to get in the cab of a bucket truck to cool down and drink fluids. After approximately fifteen minutes, the employee was lying beside the truck with pain and cramping to his arms and legs. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.

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