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Dirt Cheap, LLC

Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — BLUE MOUNTAIN, Mississippi

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Dirt Cheap, LLC in BLUE MOUNTAIN, Mississippi
Employer Dirt Cheap, LLC
Address 30 Industrial Park Drive
City, State ZIP BLUE MOUNTAIN, Mississippi 38610
Report ID 2019077318
Event Date July 18, 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) 452112
Inspection # 1418263
GPS Coordinates 34.68000, -89.01000

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Incident Narrative

After operating a forklift, an employee walked to an outside shipping area, lost consciousness, and fell, striking his head on the concrete. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and the head injury.

Incident Summary

On July 18, 2019, a worker at Dirt Cheap, LLC in BLUE MOUNTAIN, Mississippi 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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