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Effects of heat and light, unspecified

1 hospitalization · 2018065858 · 6/14/2018 · Bureau of Land Management, Carson City

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
Bureau of Land Management, Carson City
Location
5665 Morgan Mill Road, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 89701
NAICS
112519
Jurisdiction
0

Narrative

An employee was unloading and loading multiple boxes of supplies in a supply trailer when he suffered heat-related symptoms, including heartburn, vomiting, and thirst. He was hospitalized. The supply trailer was not air conditioned and the outside temperature was in the 90-degree range at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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