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Waste Management

Exposure to environmental heat — Multiple effects of heat and light — KINGWOOD, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Waste Management in KINGWOOD, TEXAS
Employer Waste Management Report ID 2019066215
Address US Hwy 59 North City, State ZIP KINGWOOD, TEXAS 77339
Event Date June 20, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Multiple effects of heat and light Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 562111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 30.05000, -95.25000

Incident Narrative

A garbage collection crew was on its way to a landfill when one of the employees became ill with cramps and started sweating. The employee was hospitalized due to heat stress and dehydration.

Incident Summary

On June 20, 2019, a worker at Waste Management in KINGWOOD, TEXAS suffered multiple effects of heat and light 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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