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Heat exhaustion, prostration

1 hospitalization · 2016065200 · 6/13/2016 · Ports America, 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
Ports America, Inc.
Location
1400 Harbor Side Drive, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
NAICS
488320
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

At approximately 2:30 p.m., an employee was lashing and unlashing cargo when he became overheated and disoriented. He was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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