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O'Ryan Drilling

Exposure to environmental heat — Multiple effects of heat and light — PECOS, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at O'Ryan Drilling in PECOS, TEXAS
Employer O'Ryan Drilling Report ID 2016087324
Address 21.1 miles northwest of Pecos, TX. City, State ZIP PECOS, TEXAS 79772
Event Date August 7, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Multiple effects of heat and light Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 213111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 31.41000, -103.49000

Incident Narrative

On August 07, 2016, at approximately 10:00 PM, an employee was hospitalized due to dehydration and heat exhaustion.

Incident Summary

On August 7, 2016, a worker at O'Ryan Drilling in PECOS, TEXAS suffered multiple effects of heat and light 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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