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Bureau of Land Management, Carson City

Exposure to environmental heat — Effects of heat and light, unspecified — CARSON CITY, NEVADA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Bureau of Land Management, Carson City in CARSON CITY, NEVADA
Employer Bureau of Land Management, Carson City Report ID 2018065858
Address 5665 Morgan Mill Road City, State ZIP CARSON CITY, NEVADA 89701
Event Date June 14, 2018 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) 112519 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.18000, -119.70000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading and loading multiple boxes of supplies in a supply trailer when he suffered heat-related symptoms, including heartburn, vomiting, and thirst. He was hospitalized. The supply trailer was not air conditioned and the outside temperature was in the 90-degree range at the time of the incident.

Incident Summary

On June 14, 2018, a worker at Bureau of Land Management, Carson City in CARSON CITY, NEVADA 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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