# Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at American Electric Power Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088021` · 8/25/2016 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** American Electric Power Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 4421 W. Loop 281, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75604
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was outside training on a Meggar and started sweating profusely.  The employee was hospitalized for dehydration.

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