# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Beechwood Merrick Homes
> OSHA SIR `2023076158` · 7/11/2023 · WESTBURY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Beechwood Merrick Homes
- **Location:** 695 Merrick Ave, WESTBURY, NEW YORK, 11590
- **NAICS:** 531110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking out the garbage when he passed out due to heat exhaustion and struck his head on the ground.

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