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Heat exhaustion, prostration
1 hospitalization · 2017076784 · 7/20/2017 · US Forest Service
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
- US Forest Service
- Location
- Power Line Fire, LEWISTON, IDAHO, 83501
- NAICS
- 921190
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee experienced seizures at night after fighting a fire during the day. The employee suffered a sodium imbalance due to heat exposure.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown