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Multiple effects of heat and light

1 hospitalization · 2019077306 · 7/18/2019 · Mike Hooks, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury
Multiple effects of heat and light

Cause

Event
Exposure to environmental heat
Source
Heat-environmental

Employer

Name
Mike Hooks, LLC
Location
Between Theodore and mobile bay ship channels, THEODORE, ALABAMA, 36582
NAICS
237990
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee had been draining a small vat used for cleaning machine parts; he had carried a 5-gallon bucket of cleaning fluid upstairs four times to pour it into a waste oil collection tank. He suffered dehydration and heat-exhaustion-related hand cramping, then chest and abdomen cramping.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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