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Krogers

Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Krogers in LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Employer Krogers Report ID 2019088792
Address 8824 Geyer Springs City, State ZIP LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72209
Event Date August 24, 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) 445110 Inspection # 1426354
GPS Coordinates 34.67000, -92.34000

Incident Narrative

An employee had been collecting grocery carts in a store parking lot after the power, which had gone out, was restored to the store. The employee started to feel unwell and was later found laying down. He was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion and acute kidney failure.

Incident Summary

On August 24, 2019, a worker at Krogers in LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 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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