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Labor Finders

Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — METAIRIE, LOUISIANA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Labor Finders in METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
Employer Labor Finders Report ID 2019066441
Address 2500 Airline Hwy City, State ZIP METAIRIE, LOUISIANA 70001
Event Date June 26, 2019 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) 561330 Inspection # 1413475
GPS Coordinates 29.96000, -90.10000

Incident Narrative

After picking debris up outside between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., a temporary employee became overheated and was cramping up due to heat exhaustion.

Incident Summary

On June 26, 2019, a worker at Labor Finders in METAIRIE, 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

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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