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South Texas Erectors, Inc.

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at South Texas Erectors, Inc. in AUSTIN, TEXAS
Employer South Texas Erectors, Inc. Report ID 2017076941
Address 4300 Pleaseant Valley Road City, State ZIP AUSTIN, TEXAS 78744
Event Date July 25, 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) 238120 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.20000, -97.74000

Incident Narrative

An employee was erecting steel when he was overcome with heat stress, requiring hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On July 25, 2017, a worker at South Texas Erectors, Inc. in AUSTIN, 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

OSHA has recorded 2,196 severe injury reports involving "Exposure to environmental heat" incidents in our database. Browse all Exposure to environmental heat injuries.

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