# Heat exhaustion, prostration at C W Matthews Contracting Co Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023087832` · 8/24/2023 · JONESBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** C W Matthews Contracting Co Inc
- **Location:** Tara Blvd at American Legion, JONESBORO, GEORGIA, 30236
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been working at an outdoor jobsite for 7 hours when he began to feel ill. He was hospitalized and diagnosed with renal failure due to possible heat exhaustion.

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