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Heat exhaustion, prostration

1 hospitalization · 2016054167 · 5/13/2016 · Kirby Corporation

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
Kirby Corporation
Location
Dow Chemical, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
NAICS
336611
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a vapor line and a cargo hose that contained trichlor ethylene when his knees buckled and he stumbled. He was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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