# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at U.S. Border Patrol Station
> OSHA SIR `2023098522` · 9/15/2023 · DEMING, NEW MEXICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Border Patrol Station
- **Location:** 3300 J Street, DEMING, NEW MEXICO, 88030
- **NAICS:** 922190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was hiking within the area of responsibility around a station when they began to experience symptoms of a heat-related illness due to dehydration.

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