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Solid Waste Service, Inc.

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, unspecified — WARMINSTER, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Solid Waste Service, Inc. in WARMINSTER, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Solid Waste Service, Inc. Report ID 2016098512
Address Residential Neightborhood- Unknown City, State ZIP WARMINSTER, PENNSYLVANIA 18974
Event Date September 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) 562111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.20000, -75.08000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working on the truck collecting trash and began cramping. The employee was hospitalized for possible heat stress.

Incident Summary

On September 8, 2016, a worker at Solid Waste Service, Inc. in WARMINSTER, PENNSYLVANIA 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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