# Effects of heat  n.e.c. at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
> OSHA SIR `2024053908` · 5/4/2024 · PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat  n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat  outdoor
- **Source:** Heat environmental
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Norfolk Naval Shipyard
- **Location:** 1500 Mahoney Ave, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 23709
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee had been welding an aluminum roof and began feeling dizzy, lightheaded and became ill due to dehydration.

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