# Heat exhaustion, fatigue at Waste Management Inc. of Florida
> OSHA SIR `2025055038` · 5/28/2025 · STUART, FLORIDA
## 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 Management Inc. of Florida
- **Location:** 752 NW Spruce Ridge Dr, STUART, FLORIDA, 34994
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working a residential garbage route. While loading garbage onto a rear-load garbage truck, the employee experienced cramping and became disoriented due to heat. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.

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