# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC dba Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2022087281` · 8/17/2022 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## 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:** Allied Waste Services of Fort Worth, LLC dba Republic Services
- **Location:** 6100 Elliot Reed Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76117
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working as a helper on a residential waste collection route. After beginning at 6:00 a.m., he felt ill and developed cramps at 1:00 p.m. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat stress.

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