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UPS

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, unspecified — CYPRESS, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at UPS in CYPRESS, TEXAS
Employer UPS Report ID 2016076688
Address 15701 Rosehill City, State ZIP CYPRESS, TEXAS 77410
Event Date July 22, 2016 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) 492110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.97000, -95.68000

Incident Narrative

An employee was driving a delivery truck and started to feel ill. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress.

Incident Summary

On July 22, 2016, a worker at UPS in CYPRESS, TEXAS 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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