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Heat exhaustion, prostration

1 hospitalization · 2017087910 · 8/17/2017 · Ardagh Glass, 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
Secondary source
Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Ardagh Glass, Inc
Location
4241 Hwy 563, SIMSBORO, LOUISIANA, 71275
NAICS
327213
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was maintaining a forming machine (forms molten glass into glassware) when he became overheated and experienced stomach cramps and nausea. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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