S.C. Jones Services Inc.

Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — NAVAL BASE, Virginia

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at S.C. Jones Services Inc. in NAVAL BASE, Virginia
Employer S.C. Jones Services Inc.
Address Norfolk Naval Base, Building NM174 - Soul's Point Munitions Area
City, State ZIP NAVAL BASE, Virginia 23511
Report ID 2015063738
Event Date June 17, 2015
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat exhaustion, prostration
Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat
Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 561730
GPS Coordinates 36.90838, -76.25980

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Incident Narrative

An employee was completing general ground maintenance work using a weed eater when he began to feel nauseous and dizzy. The employee fainted and was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

Incident Summary

On June 17, 2015, a worker at S.C. Jones Services Inc. in NAVAL BASE, Virginia suffered heat exhaustion, prostration to the body systems. The incident was classified as exposure to environmental heat, with heat-environmental identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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