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

1 hospitalization · 2016087406 · 8/9/2016 · Dejean Companies

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
Dejean Companies
Location
41 Tidal Road, DEER PARK, TEXAS, 77536
NAICS
236210
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee on a scaffold had been welding on a pipe structure for 8 to 8.5 hours. When he came down off of the scaffold, he exhibited signs and symptoms of dehydration, hyperglycemia, and heat exhaustion, requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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