# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Utility Service Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076973` · 7/26/2017 · PALM COAST, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** Utility Service Co., Inc.
- **Location:** I-95 Palm Coast Water Tower, PALM COAST, FLORIDA, 32135
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After installing a mixer on top of a water tower and inspecting the tower in direct sunlight, an employee experienced cramping and could not move. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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