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Silver Star Construction Company, Inc.

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, unspecified — OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Silver Star Construction Company, Inc. in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
Employer Silver Star Construction Company, Inc. Report ID 2016087351
Address May & Gordon Cooper Blvd City, State ZIP OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73107
Event Date August 8, 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) 236220 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 35.48000, -97.55000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a large farm tractor outdoors when he experienced blurred vision, slurred speech, a queasy stomach, and unsteadiness. He was hospitalized with heat-related illness.

Incident Summary

On August 8, 2016, a worker at Silver Star Construction Company, Inc. in OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 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

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