# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Defense Contract Management Agency
> OSHA SIR `2022097936` · 9/7/2022 · CAMDEN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Defense Contract Management Agency
- **Location:** Highland Industrial Park, CAMDEN, ARKANSAS, 71701
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been inspecting ammunition in the heat, wearing flame-retardant coveralls. After leaving for lunch and then returning, he became ill and was hospitalized, suffering from possible heat exhaustion.

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