# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at Giles Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2019088249` · 8/12/2019 · DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
## 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:** Giles Electric Company
- **Location:** 2700 N. Oleander Ave., DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32118
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 12, 2019, an employee was taking measurements utilizing a tape measurer and cutting PVC pipe for about 15 minutes using a PVC ratchet cutter. The employee later felt unwell and was hospitalized for heat-related illness and acute kidney failure.

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