# Multiple effects of heat and light at Cross Telephone Company
> OSHA SIR `2023076506` · 7/20/2023 · VIAN, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple effects of heat and light
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Cross Telephone Company
- **Location:** Carlisle Rd, VIAN, OKLAHOMA, 74962
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing and verifying a telephone cable route on the side of the road, walking from pedestal to pedestal looking for problems. The employee suffered heat stroke/heat exhaustion due to high heat idex.

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