# DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
> MSHA accident `220012250091` · 07/31/2001 · Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6
- **Classification:** DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
- **Accident type:** Contact with heat
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Handling supplies or material
- **Injury source:** HEAT (ATMOS + ENVIRON)
- **Nature of injury:** HEATSTROK,SUNSTR,HT EXHAU
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.23 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Maxxam Inc
- **Operator:** Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
- **Mine:** [1600352](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1600352)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE HAD RETURNED TO WORK AREA ON TOP OF WASHER TANK AFTER LUNCH BREAK WHERE HE HAD BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. HE WENT TO GET A DRINK OF WATER AS HE FELT WEAK & NAUSEATED. A CO-WORKER NOTICED HIM SITTING DOWN & CHECKED ON HIM. HE STATED HE DID NOT FEEL GOOD. HELP WAS CALLED FOR. THE RADIATED HEAT FROMT HE TANK SURFACE WAS 200 DEGREES. THE HEAT INDEX WAS 100 DEGREES.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*