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Labor Finders

Exposure to environmental heat — Multiple effects of heat and light — OCALA, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Labor Finders in OCALA, FLORIDA
Employer Labor Finders Report ID 2020065548
Address 2433 NW 19th Court City, State ZIP OCALA, FLORIDA 34470
Event Date June 15, 2020 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) 561311 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.21000, -82.11000

Incident Narrative

At about 2:30 p.m. on June 15, 2020, a temporary employee was drilling holes in the outside wall of a house (to install shutters) when he became lightheaded due to heat exhaustion and dehydration. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On June 15, 2020, a worker at Labor Finders in OCALA, FLORIDA 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

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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