# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Windstream Communications Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076757` · 7/26/2023 · BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Windstream Communications Inc.
- **Location:** 25128 E 93rd St, BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA, 74014
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing brush and trees to gain access to a utility pole when he started experiencing dizziness. He was later hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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