Heat exhaustion, prostration

Name: Heat exhaustion, prostration at Tomlinson-Bomberger Lawn Care & Landscape, Inc.
Start: 5/15/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054707 · 5/15/2018 · Tomlinson-Bomberger Lawn Care & Landscape, 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

Employer

Name: Tomlinson-Bomberger Lawn Care & Landscape, Inc.
Location: Lancaster Co. Solid Waste Mangement Authority, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17603
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had conducted landscaping, including rototilling, hand raking, and planting, at a work site. Around 4:30 PM, he was riding in the company truck to leave the work site when he felt ill, lightheaded, and dizzy. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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