# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at 4-County Electric Power Association
> OSHA SIR `2017076992` · 7/26/2017 · COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Effects of heat and light, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** 4-County Electric Power Association
- **Location:** 5265 S Frontage Rd, COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing underground powerlines on a very hot day when he started to sweat profusely and experienced heat cramps. He was hospitalized for heat stress.

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