# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Brickman Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015041883` · 4/9/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Brickman Group, LLC
- **Location:** 13001 Katy Freeway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77079
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee had been performing landscaping services at a cemetery the day of the injury (6:00am - 3:3pm).  Throughout the day, he was complaining of leg cramps.  After returning to the yard, the employee was leaving (walking) the yard and collapsed.  A passer by came to his attention and the employee asked for them to call 911.  Emergency medical services responded and brought the employee to the hospital.

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