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Effects of heat and light, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2017099103 · 9/22/2017 · U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Location
- 1501 E. Expressway 83, WESLACO, TEXAS, 78599
- NAICS
- 921190
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
While processing detainees at a desk, an employee experienced shortness of breath and an accelerated heart rate due to heat stress.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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