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Team Fishel

Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — VALRICO, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Team Fishel in VALRICO, FLORIDA
Employer Team Fishel Report ID 2017087595
Address 609 Jacqueline Drive City, State ZIP VALRICO, FLORIDA 33596
Event Date August 9, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat exhaustion, prostration Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 238210 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 27.94000, -82.26000

Incident Narrative

An employee was in a bucket working on a primary electrical distribution powerline when he became disoriented and suffered heat exhaustion.

Incident Summary

On August 9, 2017, a worker at Team Fishel in VALRICO, FLORIDA suffered heat exhaustion, prostration 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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