Effects of heat and light, unspecified

Name: Effects of heat and light, unspecified at UPS
Start: 7/13/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017076471 · 7/13/2017 · UPS

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury: Effects of heat and light, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure to environmental heat
Source: Heat-environmental

Employer

Name: UPS
Location: 5000 West Esplanade, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70006
NAICS: 492110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was delivering mail along a route in an open mail truck. Around 5 p.m., he began experiencing hand and leg cramps. The cramping persisted overnight and he was hospitalized the next morning for heat-related illness.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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