Aunt Kitty's Foods
Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — VINELAND, NEW JERSEY
| Employer | Aunt Kitty's Foods | Report ID | 2018099220 |
| Address | 270 North Mill Rd. | City, State ZIP | VINELAND, NEW JERSEY 08360 |
| Event Date | September 6, 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) | 311421 | Inspection # | — |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.49000, -75.06000 | ||
Incident Narrative
At 9:00 a.m., an employee began a shift loading crates full of cans into pressure cookers. At about 11:30, he began to feel cramping. By the end of his shift, at about 6:30, his cramping had worsened. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
Incident Summary
On September 6, 2018, a worker at Aunt Kitty's Foods in VINELAND, NEW JERSEY 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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