# Heat exhaustion, fatigue at RC Construction
> OSHA SIR `2024076130` · 7/9/2024 · PARRIS ISLAND, 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:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** RC Construction
- **Location:** Male pit head, NW corner of target wall Chosin Range, PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29905
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was building scaffolding on the corner of a target wall outside on a hot and humid day. His right forearm began cramping at the end of the day and he went home to rest. The next morning he was still cramping and was hospitalized due to heat-related dehydration.

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