# Heat exhaustion, fatigue at Waste Connections of Alabama, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024065270` · 6/14/2024 · UNIONTOWN, ALABAMA
## 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:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Connections of Alabama, Inc
- **Location:** 622 Tayloe Rd, UNIONTOWN, ALABAMA, 36786
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 14, 2024, an employee was covering and uncovering railcar containers with tarps in a concrete yard and began to suffer body cramps at 3:30 PM. The employee was hospitalized the next day for dehydration.

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