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Heritage Environmental Services

Exposure to environmental heat — Multiple effects of heat and light — CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Heritage Environmental Services in CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
Employer Heritage Environmental Services Report ID 2019088965
Address 2226 Philippi Pike, Baker Hughes Well Site City, State ZIP CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA 26301
Event Date August 28, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Multiple effects of heat and light Body Part BODY SYSTEMS
Event Type Exposure to environmental heat Source of Injury Heat-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 562211 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 39.26000, -80.30000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning out drill mud sediment from a frac tank. He began to experience body cramps and was hospitalized for dehydration and a heat-related muscle injury.

Incident Summary

On August 28, 2019, a worker at Heritage Environmental Services in CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA suffered multiple effects of heat and light 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

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