# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at Holland Contracting, JTH Wind LLC and Holland Tire & Service
> OSHA SIR `2023087835` · 8/24/2023 · BELLEVILLE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Holland Contracting, JTH Wind LLC and Holland Tire & Service
- **Location:** 1208 240 RD., BELLEVILLE, KANSAS, 66935
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working as a groundsman on a wind farm installing underground cable in open fields using a trencher. The outdoor temperatures were very high for multiple days and reached 105 degrees. The employee suffered heat illness and was hospitalized.

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