# Heat exhaustion, fatigue at U.S. Department of Justice
> OSHA SIR `2024043549` · 4/24/2024 · LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, fatigue
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat  outdoor
- **Source:** Heat environmental
- **Secondary source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Department of Justice
- **Location:** 222 Caughman Farm Lane, LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29072
- **NAICS:** 922120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was participating in SWAT style training which included various physical fitness skills including lengthy running and exercise intervals. During a run through the woods, the employee's body cramped, and he collapsed. He was hospitalized with severe dehydration and a muscle injury.

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