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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in RICHARDSON, TEXAS
Employer Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Report ID 2017067182
Address 710 Terry Land Dr. City, State ZIP RICHARDSON, TEXAS 75080
Event Date June 28, 2017 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) 517110 Inspection # 1258242
GPS Coordinates 32.96000, -96.74000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working at a customer's home performing installation work when he felt sick and was hospitalized for heat stress.

Incident Summary

On June 28, 2017, a worker at Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in RICHARDSON, 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

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