# Heat exhaustion, prostration at DHS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection
> OSHA SIR `2023032700` · 3/27/2023 · LA GRULLA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** DHS - U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- **Location:** La Grulla, LA GRULLA, TEXAS, 78548
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 27, 2023, at 1:30 p.m., a border patrol trainee was walking with his field training unit when he began to feel ill and lightheaded. The employee was hospitalized for possible heat exhaustion.

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