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People Ready

Exposure to environmental heat — Heat exhaustion, prostration — FORT LUPTON, COLORADO

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at People Ready in FORT LUPTON, COLORADO
Employer People Ready Report ID 2020076346
Address 15417 Highway 52 City, State ZIP FORT LUPTON, COLORADO 80621
Event Date July 8, 2020 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) 561320 Inspection # 1483026
GPS Coordinates 40.08000, -104.76000

Incident Narrative

A temporary employee was traveling to a job site. The employee's car broke down at 6:00 p.m. The employee arrived at the site at 8:00 p.m., developed symptoms of heat exhaustion at 8:15, and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On July 8, 2020, a worker at People Ready in FORT LUPTON, COLORADO 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

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