# Effects of heat and light, unspecified at Wastes Connections
> OSHA SIR `2020032755` · 3/25/2020 · LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Wastes Connections
- **Location:** Ft Polk, LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71446
- **NAICS:** 562119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered heat-related illness while riding on the back of a trash collection truck. The employee was hospitalized.

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