# Heat exhaustion, prostration at Customs and Border Patrol
> OSHA SIR `2018055165` · 5/26/2018 · EAGLE PASS, 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:** Customs and Border Patrol
- **Location:** 2285 Del Rio Blvd, EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, 78852
- **NAICS:** 922190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 26, 2018, border patrol agents were pursuing two people. At about 5:40 p.m., one of the agents had run out of water and was not feeling well. He had become dehydrated and exhausted from the extreme heat (suffering a heat-related muscle injury).

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