# Heat exhaustion, prostration at National Grid
> OSHA SIR `2018088998` · 8/30/2018 · JOHNSTON, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Heat exhaustion, prostration
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat
- **Source:** Heat-environmental
## Employer
- **Name:** National Grid
- **Location:** 1485 Atwood Avenue, JOHNSTON, RHODE ISLAND, 02919
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was investigating a gas leak at a jobsite when he became dizzy, tired, and had difficulty breathing. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

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