# DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
> MSHA accident `220221790002` · 06/22/2022 · BASF Corporation
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6
- **Classification:** DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
- **Accident type:** Contact with heat
- **Occupation:** Weighman, Scale person
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** HEAT (ATMOS + ENVIRON)
- **Nature of injury:** HEATSTROK,SUNSTR,HT EXHAU
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Days lost:** 2
- **Mine experience:** 5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** BASF SE
- **Operator:** BASF Corporation
- **Mine:** [0900231](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/0900231)
## Narrative

The employee became overheated while replacing load cells for a scale inside of a building. The ambient temperature was well over 100 degrees where the employee was working. The employee was short of breath and their arms were tingling.  

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