Oxbow
Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
| Employer | Oxbow | Report ID | 2018065363 |
| Address | 2200 Brooklawn Dr. | City, State ZIP | BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70807 |
| Event Date | June 2, 2018 | 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) | 324191 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 30.58000, -91.24000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion.
Incident Summary
On June 2, 2018, a worker at Oxbow in BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 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
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