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Balcones Resources (Recycling)

Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — AUSTIN, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Balcones Resources (Recycling) in AUSTIN, TEXAS
Employer Balcones Resources (Recycling) Report ID 2019088318
Address 4001 Caven Road City, State ZIP AUSTIN, TEXAS 78744
Event Date August 13, 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) 423930 Inspection # 1424125
GPS Coordinates 30.20000, -97.72000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a roll-off truck when he began to feel a tingling in his arm and became short of breath. He was hospitalized for heat stress/exhaustion.

Incident Summary

On August 13, 2019, a worker at Balcones Resources (Recycling) in AUSTIN, TEXAS 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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