Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.

Name: Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. at Yellowstone Landscape-Southeast, LLC
Start: 7/13/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076299 · 7/13/2016 · Yellowstone Landscape-Southeast, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Effects of heat and light, n.e.c.

Cause

Event: Exposure to environmental heat
Source: Heat-environmental

Employer

Name: Yellowstone Landscape-Southeast, LLC
Location: Floridian Enclave, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA, 32034
NAICS: 541320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was digging up the irrigation piping system because it was not working and was planning on troubleshooting the system. While he was digging, he felt dizzy, got cold chills, and then sat down and drank water to cool down. When he stood up, he began to vomit and required hospitalization for dehydration. The temperature and percent relative humidity at the time of the incident was 89 degrees and 59%, respectively.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown