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Federal Emergency Management Agency

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Federal Emergency Management Agency in DENTON, TEXAS
Employer Federal Emergency Management Agency Report ID 2017076620
Address 800 North Loop 288 City, State ZIP DENTON, TEXAS 76209
Event Date July 17, 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) 624230 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.22000, -97.08000

Incident Narrative

The employee was moving equipment around on a truck in preparation for fit testing. The employee started having chest pains from possible heat exposure and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On July 17, 2017, a worker at Federal Emergency Management Agency in DENTON, 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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