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Heat syncope

1 hospitalization · 2021042773 · 4/2/2021 · Ahlstrom-Munksjo

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
BODY SYSTEMS
Nature of injury
Heat syncope

Cause

Event
Exposure to environmental heat
Source
Heat-environmental

Employer

Name
Ahlstrom-Munksjo
Location
515 West Davenport Street, RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN, 54501
NAICS
322121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was at his locker, gathering his equipment when he began feeling ill. The employee went into the cooling room to sit for approximately 20 minutes. The employee left the cooling room to report to his supervisor that he was feeling unwell. While his supervisor was talking to him, the employee collapsed in the supervisor's office and was unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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