NEENAH FOUNDRY COMPANY

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, unspecified — NEENAH, WISCONSIN

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at NEENAH FOUNDRY COMPANY in NEENAH, WISCONSIN
Employer NEENAH FOUNDRY COMPANY Report ID 2017076417
Address 2121 Brooks Ave City, State ZIP NEENAH, WISCONSIN 54956
Event Date July 12, 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) 331511 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 44.16000, -88.47000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working on the melt deck in a foundry. The employee was chipping out a liner with a chip gun and replacing the lining in the spout when he felt dizzy and began to throw up on the floor. His condition worsened and he began sweating profusely and was not lucid. He was hospitalized with an acute kidney injury as the result of heat-related illness.

Incident Summary

On July 12, 2017, a worker at NEENAH FOUNDRY COMPANY in NEENAH, WISCONSIN 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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