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City Scrap & Salvage

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, unspecified — AKRON, OHIO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at City Scrap & Salvage in AKRON, OHIO
Employer City Scrap & Salvage Report ID 2015075182
Address 760 Flora Ave City, State ZIP AKRON, OHIO 44314
Event Date July 29, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Effects of heat and light, unspecified Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 562998 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.03000, -81.55000

Incident Narrative

An employee was hospitalized for heat stress after leaving work early.

Incident Summary

On July 29, 2015, a worker at City Scrap & Salvage in AKRON, OHIO suffered effects of heat and light, unspecified 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

OSHA has recorded 2,196 severe injury reports involving "Exposure to environmental heat" incidents in our database. Browse all Exposure to environmental heat injuries.

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