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Pine Tree Waste

Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — BATH, MAINE

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Pine Tree Waste in BATH, MAINE
Employer Pine Tree Waste Report ID 2019077803
Address On service Road City, State ZIP BATH, MAINE 04530
Event Date July 31, 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) 562212 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.90000, -69.84000

Incident Narrative

An employee was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion.

Incident Summary

On July 31, 2019, a worker at Pine Tree Waste in BATH, MAINE 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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