# Multiple effects of heat and light at Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023086988` · 8/2/2023 · WACO, TEXAS
## 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:** Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 7616 Bagby Ave., WACO, TEXAS, 76712
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a disconnect switch from a bucket truck when they lost consciousness due to the 88-degree Fahrenheit heat. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.

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