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Heat exhaustion, prostration
1 hospitalization · 2015074876 · 7/20/2015 · United Parcel Service, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- BODY SYSTEMS
- Nature of injury
- Heat exhaustion, prostration
Cause
- Event
- Exposure to environmental heat
- Source
- Heat-environmental
Employer
- Name
- United Parcel Service, Inc.
- Location
- 43 3rd Ave., SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 02143
- NAICS
- 492210
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee delivering packages became dehydrated, got lightheaded, and began vomiting. The employee was hospitalized overnight for heat exhaustion.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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